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Direct linkTreiman, Rebecca; Levin, Iris; Kessler, Brett – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
Letter names play an important role in early literacy. Previous studies of letter name learning have examined the Latin alphabet. The current study tested learners of Hebrew, comparing their patterns of performance and types of errors with those of English learners. We analyzed letter-naming data from 645 Israeli children who had not begun formal…
Descriptors: Orthographic Symbols, Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages, Emergent Literacy
Kahn-Horwitz, Janina; Shimron, Joseph; Sparks, Richard L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2005
This study examined whether factors affecting first language reading acquisition also affect English Foreign Language (EFL) reading acquisition. Hebrew (L1) and EFL reading related measures were administrated to 145 fourth graders from the north of Israel who were beginning their first year of English instruction. Results from a Linear Structural…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
