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Phonological Awareness Errors Mirror Underlying Phonological Representations: Evidence from Hebrew L1-English L2 Adults
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Russak, Susie; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor – Second Language Research, 2017
This article examines the effect of phonological context (singleton vs. clustered consonants) on full phoneme segmentation in Hebrew first language (L1) and in English second language (L2) among typically reading adults (TR) and adults with reading disability (RD) (n = 30 per group), using quantitative analysis and a fine-grained analysis of…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Phonemes
On the Interaction between Phonological Awareness and Reading Acquisition: It's a Two-Way Street.
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Bentin, Shlomo; Leshem, Haya – Annals of Dyslexia, 1993
This study of 508 Israeli kindergarten children learning to read Hebrew found that phonemic segmentation skills and reading acquisition are highly interrelated. Learning to read was the main factor accounting for the sharp increase in phonological awareness between six and seven years of age, and reading acquisition was facilitated by prior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Performance Factors, Phonemes
La complexite des relations grapho-phonetiques explique-t-elle les difficultes d'apprentissage de la lecture? Le cas de l'hebreu en Israel. (Does Complexity of Grapho-Phonetic Correspondence Explain Problems in Early Reading? The Case of Hebrew in Israel.)
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Fijalkow, Jacques – Journal of Research in Reading, 1980
Cites the case of Hebrew learning in Israel to show that, contrary to popular belief, the complexity of grapho-phonetic relationships is a minor or nonexistent factor in learning difficulties. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Initial Teaching Alphabet