Preface
&ionago,TheWorldof’sReading
wouldnothavebeenpossible。Afewintrepidscholarshaduakeudiesofesereading。Beginninginthe1990sand2numbersofesestudeheUes,ada,GreatBritaiwithscholarswhoforonereasonoranotherhadbeeiedinesereading。
Myowinesereadiheearly198atriptoaasamemberofadelegationjointlyspoheUesDepartmeionandtheeseMinistryofEdu。ToaprovinewhohadgrownupioftheUes,everythingwasamazi。MenandwomenalikelevariantoftheZhongshansuit。Streetswerefloodedwithbicycles,peoplewalking,oaldonkeyspullingcarts,busesbelgfumesaaxisthreadingthroughtheteamingmass。Theonlycarsereblackchauffeur-drivenRussianmadelimousinesgimportantpeople。
Intheschools,satedbehindtheirbacks,stoodtorecitetheirlessons,satbawheeachersaid,“Beseated”。Thediseseemedperfekieeadfastlyfotheteacherdespitefintotheroom,snappingpictures,whisperingwiththeirioandiingsimpleesephrasesdiffierivisitors。esecharacterswerefasg,butsetousthatweberandwriteeveersfrradeprimer。
Thebigquestionthatmotivatedtheexpandinggroupofesereadingresearchersroreadioeseproiversal?MaersinthefourvolumesofTheWorldof’sReadihisquestion。AllIwillsayhereisthattheanswerdependsupora。Atahighera,readingprocesseswillbeseentobeuniversal。Skillfulreadingofanylanguagedependsuponaandingofhsystemrepresentsspeedmeaning。Atthelevelofelementallanguageprocessestherearetobedifferenglanguages。AlookataesewordwrittenincharadanEnglishwordwrittenierswilltellyouthatmuch。Productiveresearchworkswithinthesebouryiify,forinstance,whipoheprovdifferentlanguagesareeasyforandwhichareg,atleastforsome。
Beyoalproreading,culture,traditionsofpedagogy,aructuralfeaturesoflanguagemayleadtodiffereiveandproductiveusesuages。SomehaveclaimedthatesepeopleaAsianpeoplearedisposedtoa”or“nonlinear”formforessays,inwhichthethesisisleftuedattheend,whiterferewithposiyleessayinwhichthethesisisstateddirectlyatthebeginning。Thisclaimdoesrue,either。Stillothershavemailife-longpartiindialoguefouhevaluesofharmoforteadotherelderswouldcausea“disatgitdifficultforesestudentstogeiveainfaesestudentsreadilyarguewithothers,wheionrequiresoraffordsthisstance。
TheWorldof’sReadingihefullrangeofissuesiempreseardmakesthereseartheseissuesaccessibleioawideaudiehereiseveryreasowidedisseminationoftheseriesbooksrovethequalitiesoftheteag,curriculumdesign,andservicesforwithspeeedsina。
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