Reading in Chinese as an Additional Language focuses on Chinese literacy acquisition, which has been considered most difficult by both learners and teachers of Chinese as an additional language (CAL).

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.

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Introduction

LIU LI AND DONGBO ZHANG

PART I

Acquisition of Chinese characters

1. The effects of stroke-order accuracy on L2 Chinese character writing

Tianxu Chen, Bing Feng, Mengyue Wang, Khanh-Ngan Doan

2. The more the merrier? A synthesis study of single-coded and dual-coded word learning in theory-driven L2 Chinese instruction

Sihui Ke, Chin-His Lin

3. Typing vs handwriting on CFL students' character learning

Liu Li

4. Effects of timed dictation on Chinese character writing: A preliminary study in beginning-level CFL learners

Siyan Hou, Atsushi Fukada

PART II

Reading comprehension subskills and readers' identity

5. The role of character-recognition skills in shallow and deep reading comprehension

Wei-Li Hsu

6. Development of morphological awareness and its impact on reading among young learners of Chinese as a heritage language

Yanhui Zhang, Keiko Koda, Chin-Lung Yang, Chan Lü

7. Developmental interdependence between word decoding, vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension in young L2 readers of Chinese

Dongbo Zhang, Xiaoxi Sun

8. A tale of two less successful CSL readers: A qualitative study of reading difficulties and strategies use

Sha Huang

9. Literacy environment and heritage language learner's literacy identity

Liu Li

PART III

Reading instruction and assessment

10. Beyond the pages of a book: A Chinese language teacher's discursive behavior of conducting guided book reading

Zheng Gu

11. Teaching modern Chinese literature to second-language Chinese students through the use of drama

Ziv W.N. Kan, Elizabeth K. Y. Loh

12. Reading assessment in Chinese as a foreign language

Keiko Koda, Xiaomeng Li

13. Validation of a Chinese online placement test

Liu Li

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