Reading strategies for Japanese as a second language: A study of English and Chinese native readers

Research in second languages (L2) has identified that reading in L2 requires a reader to use both top-down processing (e.g., use of background knowledge) and bottom-up processing (e.g., letter processing), and that relying heavily on one type of processing may impede successful comprehension. How...

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Main Author: Furuta, Kimi
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3783