Reading in Chinese as an Additional Language

Liu Li is Associate Professor of Chinese at the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at Ball State University, U.S.A. She received her PhD in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests include Chinese literacy acquisition, computer-assisted language learning, language learning context, and heritage language learners. Dongbo Zhang is Professor of Language Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter, the U.K. His research interests include second language reading and vocabulary knowledge, bilingualism and literacy, and language teacher education. He previously held appointments in the Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University, where he directed the Chinese Teacher Certification Program and also coordinated the Doctoral Certificate in English Language Learner Education.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of contributors AcknowledgementsIntroductionLIU LI AND DONGBO ZHANGPART I Acquisition of Chinese characters1. The effects of stroke-order accuracy on L2 Chinese character writingTianxu Chen, Bing Feng, Mengyue Wang, Khanh-Ngan Doan2. The more the merrier? A synthesis study of single-coded and dual-coded word learning in theory-driven L2 Chinese instructionSihui Ke, Chin-His Lin3. Typing vs handwriting on CFL students’ character learningLiu Li4. Effects of timed dictation on Chinese character writing: A preliminary study in beginning-level CFL learners Siyan Hou, Atsushi FukadaPART II Reading comprehension subskills and readers’ identity 5. The role of character-recognition skills in shallow and deep reading comprehensionWei-Li Hsu6. Development of morphological awareness and its impact on reading among young learners of Chinese as a heritage languageYanhui Zhang, Keiko Koda, Chin-Lung Yang, Chan Lü7. Developmental interdependence between word decoding, vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension in young L2 readers of ChineseDongbo Zhang, Xiaoxi Sun 8. A tale of two less successful CSL readers: A qualitative study of reading difficulties and strategies use Sha Huang9. Literacy environment and heritage language learner’s literacy identityLiu LiPART IIIReading instruction and assessment10. Beyond the pages of a book: A Chinese language teacher’s discursive behavior of conducting guided book readingZheng Gu 11. Teaching modern Chinese literature to second-language Chinese students through the use of dramaZiv W.N. Kan, Elizabeth K. Y. Loh12. Reading assessment in Chinese as a foreign languageKeiko Koda, Xiaomeng Li13. Validation of a Chinese online placement testLiu LiIndex