本书所解决的核心问题包括三部分内容：第一部分考查双语者阅读加工和习得的影响因素。第二部分结合横断研究和追踪研究，探索汉语母语背景下英语学习者阅读困难特点、表现形式和困难的根源。第三部分是尝试对汉语母语者的英语阅读困难者进行有效鉴别和预测。研究中使用解码、认知和元认知三个关键的阅读加工过程对英语阅读困难进行预测。
目 录：
导 读...... 001
一、研究内容及研究思路.. 001
（一）研究问题........ 001
（二）研究思路........ 002
二、本书的主要观点...... 006
Part 1 Literature Review on Bilingual Reading....... 011
Chapter 1 A review: Bilingual development and literacy learning: East Asian
and international perspectives. 013
Chapter 2 An analysis on effects of language experience on bilingual
neural representation......... 016
2.1 Introduction.... 016
2.2 Methods ........ 018
2.3 Discussion...... 020
2.4 Conclusion...... 022
Chapter 3 A review and reflection on the study of bilingual reading
difficulties........ 023
3.1 Identification of reading difficulties in mother tongue 023
3.2 Identification of bilingual reading difficulties ... 027
3.3 Manifestation and theoretical interpretation for bilingual reading
difficulties .. 028
3.4 Research orientation of Chinese native English reading difficulties 030
Part 2 Influencing Factors for Chinese-English Bilingual Reading 031
Chapter 4 Implicit sublexical access to spelling forms of the first language:
An ERP study on Chinese-English bilinguals 034
4.1 Introduction.... 034
4.2 Methods ........ 035
4.3 Results......... 038
4.4 Discussion...... 040
Chapter 5 Meaning construction in English reading: the relationship
between morphology and comprehension.... 042
5.1 Background...... 042
5.2 Research methods 043
5.3 Results and analysis........ 044
5.4 Conclusions and recommendations......... 046
Chapter 6 An ERP study on Chinese natives’ second language
syntactic grammaticalization.. 047
6.1 Introduction.... 047
6.2 Method.......... 050
6.3 Results......... 053
6.4 Discussion...... 056
6.5 Conclusion...... 057
Chapter 7 The locus of bilinguals’ syntactic grammaticalization: A process of
transfer or competition?...... 059
7.1 Introduction.... 059
7.2 Method.......... 061
7.3 Results......... 064
7.4 Discussion...... 067
7.5 Conclusion...... 068
Chapter 8 The role of age of acquisition on Chinese native learners’ English word
processing: An ERP Study...... 069
8.1 Introduction.... 069
8.2 Methods......... 073
8.3 Results......... 076
8.4 General discussion.......... 080
8.5 Conclusion...... 084
Chapter 9 Chinese-English bilinguals processing temporal-spatial
metaphor. 085
9.1 Introduction.... 086
9.2 Experiment 1.... 090
9.3 Experiment 2.... 096
9.4 General discussion.......... 101
9.5 Conclusions..... 107
Part 3 Characteristics, Presentation and Causes for ESL
Reading Difficulty..... 108
Chapter 10 Trajectory of reading disability for Chinese
speakers of English 111
10.1 Introduction... 111
10.2 Research methods........... 113
10.3 Results and discussion..... 114
10.4 Conclusion..... 116
Chapter 11 Cognitive deficits underlying Chinese EFL reading
comprehension difficulty...... 118
11.1 Introduction... 118
11.2 Method......... 119
11.3 Results and discussion..... 122
11.4 Conclusion..... 126
Chapter 12 Study on the relationship between Chinese-English bilingual
reading and working memory deficits..... 128
12.1 Introduction... 128
12.2 Research methods........... 129
12.3 Results........ 131
12.4 Discussion .... 133
12.5 Conclusion..... 134
Chapter 13 A revisit on L1 automatic activation during L2 reading:
An ERP study on Chinese-English bilinguals 135
13.1 Introduction... 136
13.2 Methods........ 139
13.3 Results........ 143
13.4 Discussion..... 147
13.5 Conclusion..... 151
Chapter 14 An ERP Study on the semantic unification mechanism of Chinese native learners
of English during L2 English reading comprehension 152
14.1 Introduction... 152
14.2 Methods........ 156
14.3 Results ....... 160
14.4 Discussion..... 163
14.5 Conclusion..... 165
Part 4 Identification and Intervention for ESL Reading
Difficulty... 166
Chapter 15 The predictive sensitivity and specifity of L2 English reading comprehension
difficulty by code-breaking variables and language variables 169
15.1 Introduction... 170
15.2 Research methods........... 171
15.3 Results........ 173
15.4 Conclusion..... 176
Chapter 16 Reading metacognitive intervention: A preliminary
study on EFL learners........ 177
16.1 Introduction... 177
16.2 Research methods........... 180
16.3 Data analysis and discussion........... 183
16.4 Discussion..... 185
16.5 Conclusions and implications........... 187
Chapter 17 The relationship between bilingual morphological awareness and
reading for Chinese EFL adult learners.. 188
17.1 Introduction... 188
17.2 Method......... 196
17.3 Results........ 198
17.4 General discussion......... 204
17.5 Conclusions and implications........... 207
Acknowledgements.... 209
References 210
