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Treiman, 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
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Kugelmass, S.; Lieblich, A. – Human Development, 1979
Israeli Arab- and Jewish-educated children were given perceptual exploration tasks to test the effects of language on directionality in reading and writing habits. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Arabic, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies