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Cohen Mimran, R. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to examine the contribution of phonological and nonphonological language skills to reading among Hebrew-speaking children with and without reading disabilities (RD) aged 10?13. We expected that the performance of children with RD would be significantly poorer in all of the language processes compared with those…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Semitic Languages, Native Speakers, Phonology
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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