Children''s Literacy Development - A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Learning to Read and Write

In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts, and contexts. This new edition highlights multiliteracy and multilingualism and broadly explores the science of reading.

List of contents

1. An ecological approach to literacy development 2. The development of sound, phonological sensitivity, and language for reading and writing 3. Building blocks of reading 4. The role of morphological awareness in learning to read and to write (spell) 5. Visual and orthographic skills in reading and writing 6. Dyslexia 7. Reading comprehension 8. Writing: spelling and higher-order processes 9. Approaches to teaching reading 10. Multiliteracy and Multilingualism 11. The impact of digital technology on children's literacy development 12. Where do we go from here?

About the author

Catherine McBride is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, US. She has served as President of the international Society for the Scientific Study of Reading and Founding President of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. Her research focuses on learning to read and write from a developmental perspective, across cultures, languages, and scripts.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine McBride, Catherine (Purdue University) Mcbride, McBride Catherine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032525051
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252505-1
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: International Texts in Developmental Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; PSYCHOLOGY / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Language acquisition, Teaching of a specific subject, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Teaching of dyslexic students, morphology;orthography;bilingualism;dyslexia;phonological, Teaching of students with learning difficulties or disorders