Learning to Read in Different Languages. Linguistics and Literacy Series: 1. Papers in Applied Linguistics.

The following papers on acquisition of reading skills are included: (1) "Miscue Analysis and Future Research Directions" (Goodman); (2) "Reading in Spanish: Insights from Children's Miscues" (Barrera); (3) "An Investigation of the Oral Reading Behaviors of Native Spanish Speakers Reading in Spanish" (Hudelson); (4) "A Study of Oral Reading in Polish and English: A Psycholinguistic Perspective" (Romatowski); (5) "Reading: A Universal Process" (Hodes); (6) "First Language Illiteracy - Second Language Reading: A Case Study" (Haddad); (7) "Factors Which Enable Deaf Readers to Get Meaning from Print" (Ewoldt); (8) "A Miscue Analysis of German Speakers Reading in German and English" (Mott); (9) "Reading in Spanish and English: Evidence from Adult ESL Students" (Clarke); (10) "An Exploratory Study of Bilingual Reading Proficiency" (Douglas); (11) "Developmental Patterns in Native and Non-Native Reading Acquisition" (Devine); and (12) "Coupling as a Text-building, Myth-evoking Strategy in Vietnamese: Implications for Second Language Reading" (Schafer). (JB)