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Overview

William Grabe is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a specialization in developmental and educational psychology. The key topics in their work include second language acquisition and learning, reading and literacy development, and educational strategies and epistemologies.

Grabe has published extensively in academic journals and books. Their recent papers include Teaching Reading: Foundations and Practices (2020) and Research-Based Reading Instruction (2023), both appearing in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. These papers contribute to understanding effective reading instruction methods and foundational practices in language education.

In addition to articles, William Grabe has authored a book titled Reading in a Second Language, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. This book has accumulated citations reflecting its presence in the field of second language reading research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Junko Yamashita
  • Fredricka L. Stoller

William Grabe's publications are primarily found in the venue:

  • The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

Their work addresses issues at the intersection of language teaching practices and cognitive development strategies linked to literacy acquisition. This research contributes data and analysis on how language learners develop reading skills and how education systems can implement research-based methods to improve instruction outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Teaching and Researching Reading

    William Peter Grabe;Fredricka L. Stoller

  • Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice

    William Grabe

  • Theory and Practice of Writing: An Applied Linguistic Perspective

    William Grabe;Robert B. Kaplan

  • CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECOND LANGUAGE READING RESEARCH

    William P Grabe

  • The Percentage of Words Known in a Text and Reading Comprehension.

    Norbert Schmitt;Xiangying Jiang;William Grabe

  • 3. RESEARCH ON TEACHING READING

    William Grabe

  • Reading in a Second Language

    William Grabe

  • Graphic Organizers in Reading Instruction: Research Findings and Issues.

    Xiangying Jiang;William Grabe

  • Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: Reading and vocabulary development in a second language: A case study

    William Grabe;Fredricka L. Stoller

  • Reading in a Second Language: Author Index

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  • Teaching Second Language Reading for Academic Purposes

    Fraida Dubin;David E. Eskey;William Grabe

  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    William Grabe;Ronald Wardhaugh

  • Reading and Writing Together: A Critical Component of English for Academic Purposes Teaching and Learning

    William Grabe;Cui Zhang

  • Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading: Interactive models for second language reading: perspectives on instruction

    David E. Eskey;William Grabe

  • Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading: Reassessing the term “interactive”

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  • Teaching and researching reading, second edition

    William Grabe;Fredricka L. Stoller

  • Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing: Reading and writing relations: Second language perspectives on research and practice

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  • Fluency in reading—Thirty-five years later

    William Grabe

  • Speaking, Relating, and Learning: A Study of Hawaiian Children at Home and at School

    William Grabe;Stephen Boggs;Karen Watson-Gegeo;Georgia McMillen

  • A modern history of written discourse analysis

    Robert B Kaplan;William Grabe

  • Introduction to applied linguistics

    William Grabe;Robert B. Kaplan;Sandra J. Savignon

  • Aspects of text structure : an investigation of the lexical organisation of text

    William Grabe;Martin Phillips

  • Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec

    William Grabe;Richard Y. Bourhis

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Y. Bourhis
Richard Y. Bourhis University of Quebec at Montreal
Deborah Tannen
Deborah Tannen Georgetown University
Norbert Schmitt
Norbert Schmitt University of Nottingham
Jack C. Richards
Jack C. Richards University of Sydney
Bernard Spolsky
Bernard Spolsky Bar-Ilan University
Douglas Biber
Douglas Biber Northern Arizona University

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