Processing levels in foreign-language reading

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    Abstract

    Reading is a highly complex activity that can be described according to different interacting processing levels. These levels correspond to the use of specific kinds of knowledge. This paper presents a survey of research data on reading with the focus on reading a foreign language, especially when related to previously acquired languages. Most of the data on the reading process come from cognitive psychology and deal with reading L1 English. Data and hypotheses on word recognition and sentence processing both in other languages and in foreign language reading are considered where possible.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHamburg Studies on Multilingualism
    EditorsJan D. Ten Thije, Ludger Zeevaert
    PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
    Pages265-284
    Number of pages20
    Volume6
    ISBN (Print)978-90-272-1926-8
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Publication series

    NameReceptive Multilingualism

    Bibliographical note

    Jan D. ten Thije,Ludger Zeevaert

    Keywords

    • processing levels
    • foreign language reading
    • word recognition
    • sentence processing

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