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Direct linkSchwartz, Mila; Ibrahim, Raphiq; Kahn-Horwitz, Janina – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
The study aimed to examine the pedagogical implications of the "linguistic and orthographic proximity hypothesis." This hypothesis claims that the similarities and differences between first and additional languages and scripts help or hinder the acquisition of literacy in the novel language. In this study we examined the impact of Arabic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages
Russak, Susie; Kahn-Horwitz, Janina – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
This study examined English as a foreign language (EFL) spelling development amongst 233 fifth-grade, eighth-grade and 10th-grade Hebrew first-language speakers to examine effects of English orthographic exposure on spelling. Good and poor speller differences were examined regarding the acquisition of novel phonemes (/ae/, /?/ and /?/) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Spelling, Grade 5, Grade 8
Kahn-Horwitz, Janina; Schwartz, Mila; Share, David – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
The "script-dependence hypothesis" was tested through the examination of the impact of Russian and Hebrew literacy on English orthographic knowledge needed for spelling and decoding among fifth graders. We compared the performance of three groups: Russian-Hebrew-speaking emerging triliterates, Russian-Hebrew-speaking emerging biliterates who were…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Russian, English, Literacy
