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This Book Encompasses A Comprehensive Range Of Conceptual Perspectives On Reading Pedagogy And Offers A Wealth Of New Insights To Support Innovative Research Directions.--jacket. Significant Lines Of Research In Reading Pedagogy / Kathy Hall -- The Ghosts Of Reading Past, Present And Future: The Materiality Of Reading In Homes And Schools / Jackie Marsh -- Reading Places / Barbara Comber -- Young Bilingual Learners: A Socio-cultural Perspective / Rose Drury -- Comprehension As A Social Act: Texts, Contexts And Readers / Vivienne Smith -- Reading For Meaning: The Skills That Support Reading Comprehension And Its Development / Kate Cain -- New Literacies In The Elementary Classroom: The Instructional Dynamics Of Visual-texts / Dawnene D. Hassett -- Phonology, Reading And Reading Difficulties / Usha Goswami -- English Is A Difficult Writing System For Children To Learn: Evidence From Children Learning To Read In Wales / J. Richard Hanley -- Contextualised Phonics Teaching / Dominic Wyse -- What It Takes In Early Schooling To Have Adolescents Who Are Skilled And Eager Readers And Writers / William H. Teale, Kathleen A. Paciga And Jessica L. Hoffman -- Classroom Interaction And Reading Pedagogy In The Early Years Of School / Henrietta Dombey -- Dyslexia Lessons: The Politics Of Dyslexia And Reading Problems / Janet Soler -- The Use Of Evidence In Language And Literacy Teaching / Sue Ellis -- Why Do Policy-makers Find The 'simple View Of Reading' So Attractive, And Why Do I Find It So Morally Repugnant? / Colin Harrison -- Policy And Pedagogy: Proficiency And Choice In The Literacy Classroom / Gemma Moss -- The Practical And Political Dimensions Of Teacher Knowledge: Implications For Reading Teacher Preparation And Research On Teaching / James V. Hoffman And Melissa Mosley. Edited By Kathy Hall... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.