Insights Into Second Language Reading

A Cross-Linguistic Approach

Reading is a multi-faceted, complex construct, and its complexity increases in second-language reading. In this volume, the author provides an in-depth analysis of the multiple dimensions of second language reading, presenting syntheses of current research on first and second language reading. (Miswest).

Language transfer has long been a central concern among L2 researchers. As
an outgrowth of the contrastive analysis (CA) hypothesis, transfer concepts were
widely endorsed in the 1950s and 1960s. Their basic hypothesis, a derivative of ...