English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom uses research-based insights to examine bottom-up skills in reading English as a second language. This fourth edition clearly presents core concepts alongside their practical applications to teaching contexts.

1. The Beginning Reader 2. Writing Systems 3. Interlanguage Reading and Transfer 4. Listening Skills in Reading 5. Processing Letters 6. The English Spelling System 7. Approaches to Phonics 8. English Morphophonemic Spelling 9. Spelling Development 10. Vocabulary Acquisition 11. Getting to the Bottom of English L2 Fluency

Barbara M. Birch is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University-Fresno, California, USA.

Sean Fulop is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University-Fresno, California, USA.