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Rachel Schiff; Shani Levy-Shimon; Lior Oanunu Shashoua; Ayelet Sasson – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2025
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a multi-component homograph processing intervention complemented by Executive Function (EF) skills on the performance of struggling readers. The researchers focused on measuring improvements in literacy, metalinguistic abilities, cognitive/EF skills acquired during the intervention, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Abu Rabia, Salim; Haj, Amani – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Research reveals that although the effect of diacritics--the symbols that tell the reader how to pronounce a letter--on reading and reading comprehension was examined in a series of studies, the influence of diacritics on listening comprehension, especially in the Arabic orthography, was not examined. Therefore, this study attempted to examine…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Semitic Languages, Orthographic Symbols, Reading Processes
Saied Bishara – Online Submission, 2024
This study aimed to study the association between diglossic reading skills and reading comprehension in first grade students with and without learning disabilities. In this study population, students presented diglossia in literary and colloquial Arabic: 30 first grade students with learning disabilities and 30 first grade students without…
Descriptors: Prediction, Arabic, Dialects, Grade 1
Abu Rabia, Salim; Hijjazi, Ekhlas – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
The present study explored the influence of short vowelization in Arabic orthography on reading comprehension of different texts, different genres and on different levels, among students of different ages. It explored the influence of short vowelization in Arabic orthography on reading comprehension of texts from the Koran, informative texts,…
Descriptors: Vowels, Reading Comprehension, Arabs, Semitic Languages
Academic Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Skills among Seventh-Graders in Arabic as L1
Makhoul, Bahaa; Sabah, Katrina – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The current study attempted to investigate the contribution of an intervention program to fostering Arabic academic vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension skills among seventh grade Arabic native speaking pupils. For this purpose, 247 pupils from four schools in northern Israel have participated in the study. Arabic literacy units that…
Descriptors: Intervention, Semitic Languages, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
Walter, Ofra; Gil-Glazer, Ya'ara; Eilam, Billie – Curriculum Journal, 2019
This study, using a mixed methods design, examined the use of a photograph-based model to improve students' language and writing skills. Classes were assigned to receive the photograph-based intervention (experimental) or to receive the regular language-based curriculum (control). Both second and fifth grade students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Photography, Language Skills, Intervention, Writing Skills
Guterman, Oz; Neuman, Ari – Reading Psychology, 2019
The homeschool framework differs significantly from the traditional school setting. Earlier research has shown differences between homeschooled and other children in language skills, but no study has examined how homeschooling is related to the acquisition of the different components of reading. The present research examined several reading…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Language Skills, Comparative Analysis, Reading Skills
Walfish, Ruth A.; Brody, David L. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2018
Bible teachers in contemporary society confront serious problems related to the nature of the biblical text and the socio-cultural context of their teaching. This study, based on semi-structured interviews, examines the problems that five expert religious Israeli elementary school teachers encounter in their teaching and the solutions they employ.…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Teaching Methods, Biblical Literature, Teacher Motivation
Hellerstein-Yehezkel, Devora – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2017
This article illustrates the significance of intercultural competence in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to a multicultural group of students in a matriculation preparation programme in Israel. It is based on an action research using a case study approach to examine the role of cultural background in the acquisition of EFL. Drawing…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Dubiner, Deborah – ELT Journal, 2017
Vocabulary knowledge is recognized as an essential element for second language acquisition and reading comprehension. One known way to encourage and support vocabulary development amongst second language learners is keeping a vocabulary notebook. The primary purpose of the present study was to document two aspects of student teachers' own…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods

Rosenblum, William – System, 1977
Ways in which the language laboratory may supplement classroom recitations of university students in the intermediate level of English as a foreign language at Bar Ilan University in Israel are presented here. The goal is to increase reading comprehension for bibliographies in students' major courses of study. (CHK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories

Wohl, A.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
Israeli programs that have been used to teach children to read Hebrew braille are described, and a reading scheme called "Secrets and Surprises" is presented. The method uses an eclectic approach, emphasizes comprehension and the communicative element of reading, and offers a variety of presentation modes to meet individual students'…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Geffen, Mitzi – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 2002
Describes on Israeli English-as-a-Foreign-Language teacher's action research project that focused on how to teach reading comprehension in English to a class of ninth grade boys. Outlines the teacher's goals, implementation of the project, and thoughts on the outcomes. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Action Research, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Ministry of Education and Culture, Jerusalem (Israel). English Inspectorate. – 1979
This issue of a journal devoted to teaching English as a second language, with emphasis on Israeli public schools, contains the following articles: (1) "The Analysis of Pupils' Errors," (2) "Subject/Predicate Word Order in English," (3) "Some Lesson Plans for Grade 4," (4) "Re-Thinking English in Grade 5,"…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education
Laufer, Batia; Hill, Monica – 2000
This study investigated the relationship between what people looked up about new words when different kinds of information were available and how well they remembered those words. Dictionary information was incorporated into a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) program comprised of text, highlighted low-frequency words, and access to…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dictionaries, English (Second Language)
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