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Publication details [#57934]

Zhang, Lawrence Jun, John Ehrich, Jon Congjun Mu and Lisa Catherine Ehrich. 2013. Are alphabetic language -derived models of L2 reading relevant to L1 logographic background readers? Language Awareness 22 (1) : 39–55.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

alphabetic code | characteristics of L2-acquisition | language and culture | orthography | reading, L2-acquisition of

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article asserts that second language reading research, advised by studies involving first language alphabetic English reading, may be less apposite to L2 readers with a L1 logographic reading background, like Chinese readers. A universal L2 reading model is required.