TY - BOOK AU - Anderson, David. AU - Barr, Pauline. TI - Cultivating real readers: emerging theory and practice for adult Arab learners T2 - Foundations for the future SN - 9789948151555 AV - LB5 . H35 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Abu Dhabi PB - HCT Press KW - Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates). KW - General Education Division KW - English language KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Foreign speakers KW - Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates) KW - Publications of faculty, staff, students and alumni KW - Literacy KW - United Arab Emirates KW - Reading KW - Second language acquisition N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 ER -