Cultivating real readers :  emerging theory and practice for adult Arab learners / 
cedited by David Anderson and Maria McGuire ; series editor Pauline Barr 
 - Abu Dhabi :  HCT Press,  2009 
 - 170 p :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Foundations for the future HCT general education series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 
<br/><br/>Foreward / Tayeb Kamali -- Introduction: cultivating real  readers / David Anderson -- Word recognition,  psycholinguistics and teaching second language reading / Mick Randall -- L1 reading habits of young Emirati women from the east coast / Siân Baldwin Khoury and Şule Berilgen Düzgün -- Becoming readers: our stories / Celine Kamhieh with Shaikha Al Hameli, Ayesha Al Hammadi, Nada A Hammadi, Iman Nawfal, Athra Al Zaabi and Khulood Khalfan  - Reading in the Gulf: is it time for a re-focus? / AndrewO'Sullivan -- Key findings from research and implications for the classroom / Melanie Gobert -- Ten essential elements for reading programs in Arabic L1 contexts / Gary Pathare -- Creating a culture of reading--reading circles and class libraries: getting our students to read / Peter  B. McLaren / Social networking and reading: a learning centre initiative / Alanna Ross and Maureen Nelson / To  what extent can graded readers motivate Emirati students  to become extensive readers? A case study at Abu Dhabi Men's College / Azade Johnson -- Establishing an L2 reading motivation framework for tertiary education / Darcy Harris -- World knowledge or word knowledge: the influence of content schemata on the formal assessment of reading skills / Sabina Ostrowska and Robert Ryan --   Hidden dyslexia in second language learners: a case study   / Alex McTaggart and Ken Beatty -- Intervention strategies : students at risk / Marion King -- Building on the   foundations of literacy: engaging ESL students in reading   across the curriculum / Lawrence Burke 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789948151555 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates).   General Education Division. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers.<br/>Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates)  --Publications of faculty, staff, students and alumni<br/>Literacy--United Arab Emirates<br/>Reading--United Arab Emirates.<br/>Second language acquisition.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB5  / . H35 2009