Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading

This authoritative collection presents up-to-date theory, research, and classroom applications in second language reading from an interactive perspective. The book supports the view that reading in a second language is an interactive process, whereby the learner’s own background and knowledge contribute to understanding reading material. Several models of the reading process are considered, and classroom applications are explored. Language teachers, teachers in training, and researchers in the field of reading will find this book invaluable.