AgenerationagoTheWorldofChildren’sReading
.Beginninginthe1990sand2000sincreasingnumbersofChinesestudentsstreamedtotheUnitedStates, Canada, GreatBritainandelsewheretostudyreadingwithscholarswhoforonereasonoranotherhadbecomeinterestedinChinesereading.
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Intheschools, childrensatwithhandsclaspedbehindtheirbacks, stoodtorecitetheirlessons, satbackdownwhentheteachersaid, “Beseated”., childrensteadfastlyfocusedontheteacherdespiteforeignersfillingintotheroom, snappingpictures, , butsostrangetousthatwecouldnotrememberandwriteevensimplecharactersfromthefirstgradeprimer.
ThebigquestionthatmotivatedtheexpandinggroupofChinesereadingresearcherswas: AretheprocessesinreadingChineseuniquetoChineseorarereadingprocessesuniversal? ManyofthechaptersinthefourvolumesofTheWorldofChildren’, , forinstance, whichcomponentsoftheprocessesinvolvedinreadingdifferentlanguagesareeasyforchildrenandwhicharechallenging, atleastforsomechildren.
Beyondelementalprocessesinreading, culture, traditionsofpedagogy, and, perhaps, “indirect”or “nonlinear” formforessays, inwhichthethesisisleftunstatedorstatedattheend, , -longparticipationindialoguefoundedonthevaluesofharmonyandrespectforteachersandotherelderswouldcausea “discoursemismatch”, , whenthesituationrequiresoraffordsthisstance.
TheWorldofChildren’, curriculumdesign, andservicesforchildrenwithspecialneedsinChina.
CenterfortheStudyofReading
UniversityofIllinois
