L2 READING DEVELOPMENT

L2 READING DEVELOPMENT

1. 4. INFLUENCES IN L2 READING

   • WRITING SYSTEMS
     • THE EXTENT TO WHICH WRITING SYSTEMS DIFFER ACROSS LANGUAGES IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN L2 READING
   • L2 INPUT
     • EXPOSURE TO L2 INPUT APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST INFLUENCE IN L2 READING DEVELOPMENT, EVEN OVERRIDING L1 BACKGROUND

2. 3. ROLE OF L2 PROFICIENCY IN L2 READING DEVELOPMENT

   • VOCABULARY AND MORPHOSYNTACTIC KNOWLEDGE
     • L2 PROFICIENCY, PARTICULARLY IN VOCABULARY AND MORPHOSYNTACTIC KNOWLEDGE, PLAYS A SUBSTANTIAL ROLE IN L2 READING SKILL
   • LISTENING COMPREHENSION
     • LISTENING COMPREHENSION IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF L2 PROFICIENCY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO L2 READING DEVELOPMENT
   • ORTHOGRAPHIC SCRIPT PROCESSING
     • PROCESSING SPELLING PATTERNS IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR L2 READING DEVELOPMENT