2012 Volume Contents

Abstract

1 Benedetta Bassetti, Jyotsna Vaid, and Vivian Cook, Interdisciplinary approaches to second language writing systems 8 Renata F. I. Meuter and John F. Ehrich, The acquisition of an artificial logographic script and bilingual working memory: Evidence for L1-specific orthographic processing skills transfer in Chinese English bilinguals 30 Katsuo Tamaoka, Sachiko Kiyama, and Xiang-Juan Chu, How do native Chinese speakers learning Japanese as a second language understand Japanese kanji homophones? 47 Jessica L. Sturm, Meaning and orthography in L2 French 61 Kristin Lems, The effect of L1 orthography on the oral reading of adult English language learners 72 Lucien Brown, The use of visual/verbal and physical mnemonics in the teaching of Korean Hangul in an authentic L2 classroom context 91 Amalia E. Gnanadesikan, Maldivian Thaana, Japanese kana, and the representation of moras in writing 103 Lay Wah Lee, Hui Min Low, and Abdul Rashid Mohamed, Word count analysis of Malay language textbooks for the purpose of developing a Malay reading remedial programme