Bilingual Performance in Reading and Writing

Abstract

1. Introduction, p1-20 2. Section I: Studies of Bilingual Reading 3. Awareness of Text Structure: Effects on Recall (by Carrell, Patricia L.), p23-41 4. Second-Language Readers' Memory for Narrative Texts: Evidence for Structure-Preserving Top-Down Processing (by Horiba, Yukie), p43-71 5. The Relationship Between First- and Second-Language Reading Comprehension of Occupation-Specific Texts (by Donin, Janet), p73-102 6. Phonological Recoding in the First- and Second-Language Reading of Skilled Bilinguals (by Segalowitz, Norman), p103-135 7. Section II: Studies of Bilingual Writing 8. Language Proficiency, Writing Ability, and Composing Strategies: A Study of ESL College Student Writers (by Raimes, Ann), p139-172 9. Writing Expertise and Second-Language Proficiency (by Cumming, Alister), p173-221 10. Effects of First Language on Second-Language Writing: Translation versus Direct Composition (by Kobayashi, Hiroe), p223-255 11. Evidence of Transfer and Loss in Developing Second-Language Writers (by Carson, Joan Eisterhold), p257-281 12. Orality/Literacy and Group Differences in Second-Language Acquisition (by Hansen, Lynne), p283-305 13. Section III: Assessing Innovative Approaches to Biliteracy Instruction 14. Effects on ESL Reading of Teaching Cultural Content Schemata (by Floyd, Pamela), p309-329 15. Acquiring Literacy in a Second Language: The Effect of Book-Based Programs (by Elley, Warwick B.), p331-366 16. Index, p367-378