Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Understanding Adults Learning to Read for the First Time in a New Language: Multiple Perspectives -- 2 Language and Literacy in Social Context -- 3 Reading from a Psycholinguistic Perspective -- 4 Vocabulary -- 5 Acquisition and Assessment of Morphosyntax -- 6 Bilingualism and Multilingualism -- 7 Teaching and Tutoring Adult Learners with Limited Education and Literacy -- References -- Glossary -- Index