Preface（第1页）
Preface
&ionagoTheWorldof’sReadingwouldnothavebeenpossible。Afewintrepidscholarshaduakeudiesofesereading。Beginninginthe1990sand2numbersofesestudeheUes，ada，GreatBritaiwithscholarswhoforonereasonoranotherhadbeeiedinesereading。
Myowinesereadiheearly198atriptoaasamemberofadelegationjointlyspoheUesDepartmeionandtheeseMinistryofEdu。ToaprovinewhohadgrownupioftheUes，everythingwasamazi。MenandwomenalikelevariantoftheZhongshansuit。Streetswerefloodedwithbicycles，peoplewalking，oaldonkeyspullingcarts，busesbelgfumesaaxisthreadingthroughtheteamingmass。Theonlycarsereblackchauffeur-drivenRussianmadelimousinesgimportantpeople。
Intheschools，satedbehindtheirbacks，stoodtorecitetheirlessons，satbawheeachersaid，“Beseated”。Thediseseemedperfekieeadfastlyfotheteacherdespitefintotheroom，snappingpictures，whisperingwiththeirioandiingsimpleesephrasesdiffierivisitors。esecharacterswerefasg，butsetousthatweberandwriteeveersfrradeprimer。
Thebigquestionthatmotivatedtheexpandinggroupofesereadingresearchersroreadioeseproiversal?MaersinthefourvolumesofTheWorldof’sReadihisquestion。AllIwillsayhereisthattheanswerdependsupora。Atahighera，readingprocesseswillbeseentobeuniversal。Skillfulreadingofanylanguagedependsuponaandingofhsystemrepresentsspeedmeaning。Atthelevelofelementallanguageprocessestherearetobedifferenglanguages。AlookataesewordwrittenincharadanEnglishwordwrittenierswilltellyouthatmuch。Productiveresearchworkswithinthesebouryiify，forinstance，whipoheprovdifferentlanguagesareeasyforandwhichareg，atleastforsome。
Beyoalproreading，culture，traditionsofpedagogy，aructuralfeaturesoflanguagemayleadtodiffereiveandproductiveusesuages。SomehaveclaimedthatesepeopleaAsianpeoplearedisposedtoa”or“nonlinear”formforessays，inwhichthethesisisleftuedattheend，whiterferewithposiyleessayinwhichthethesisisstateddirectlyatthebeginning。Thisclaimdoesrue，either。Stillothershavemailife-longpartiindialoguefouhevaluesofharmoforteadotherelderswouldcausea“disatgitdifficultforesestudentstogeiveainfaesestudentsreadilyarguewithothers，wheionrequiresoraffordsthisstance。
TheWorldof’sReadingihefullrangeofissuesiempreseardmakesthereseartheseissuesaccessibleioawideaudiehereiseveryreasowidedisseminationoftheseriesbooksrovemeiesoftheteag，curriculumdesign，andservicesforwithspeeedsina。
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