Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems

Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems

Author: Ludo Th Verhoeven

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 1107095883

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This book examines how children learn to read across seventeen languages and their orthographies. Each chapter discusses a different language in terms of its writing system, reading development, and implications for education. The editors' comprehensive introduction frames the key issues and the final chapter draws conclusions across the seventeen languages.