Volume 20, Number 1, April 2008 Table of Contents pdf Editorial Board, About RFL, and Information for Contributors pdf From the Editors pp. i-ii text | pdf Articles Research on good and poor reader characteristics: Implications for L2 reading research in China Jixian Pang pp. 1–18 abstract | article | pdf Spelling knowledge and reading development: Insights from Arab ESL learners Michael Fender pp. 19–42 abstract | article | pdf Comparing the vocabulary of different graded-reading schemes Udorn Wan-a-rom pp. 43–69 abstract | article | pdf Developing reading fluency: A study of extensive reading in EFL Yurika Iwahori pp. 70–91 abstract | article | pdf Vocabulary recycling in children’s authentic reading materials: A corpus-based investigation of narrow reading Dee Gardner pp. 92–122 abstract | article | pdf Reviews Cultural Practices of Literacy: Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice and Power Victoria Purcell-Gates (Ed.) reviewed by: Teresa Castineira pp. 123–128 review | pdf Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace Mary Ellen Belfiore, Tracey A. Defoe, Sue Folinsbee, Judy Hunter, & Nancy S. Jackson (The In- Sites Research Group) reviewed by: Helen de Silva Joyce pp. 129–131 review | pdf Reading Skills for College Students Ophelia H. Hancock reviewed by: Zhijun Wen pp. 132–135 review | pdf External Reviewers Jo Ann Aebersold, Nobuhiko Akamatsu, Steven Brown, Beatrice Dupuy, Mary Lee Field, Diana Frantzen, Yao Hill, Joy Janzen, Xiangying Jiang, Keiko Koda, Angelia Lu, Marianne, Kouider Mokhtari, Hossein Nassaji, Diana Pulido, Victoria Rodrigo, Norbert Schmitt, Ravi Sheorey, Etsuo Taguchi, Atsuko Takase Copy Editors Elisabeth L. Chan, Yue Guo, Nathan Johnson, Ann Johnstun, Myeong-hyeon Kim, Treela McKamey, Mar Galindo Merino, Ju Young Min, Samantha Ng, Elizabeth Pfaff, Castle Sinicrope, Caroline Torres