Hostetler and Shell 1991

Hostetler, Carolyn, and Olive A. Shell. 1991. "Review of 'Reading in a foreign language' by Alderson and Urquhart 1984." Notes on Literacy. Interest level: lay specialist.

Covers many aspects of reading, but zeroes in specifically on reading in a foreign language. Fourteen chapters by different authors deal basically with two questions.

• Why is reading in a foreign language difficult?
• What can be done to make it easier?

Discusses the reader and related factors in Chapters 1--5. Looks at text in Chapters 6--10. Looks at interaction of readers and text in Chapters 11--14.

• Bibliography module: Hostetler and Shell 1991
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): H
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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