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Shimron, Joseph; Sivan, Tamar – Language Learning, 1994
Two experiments tested whether the orthography of readers' first or second language affected their reading time and comprehension in each. English and Hebrew bilingual graduate students and faculty read texts translated into both Hebrew and English. The English native speakers read the English texts significantly faster than the native Hebrew…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Faculty, English, Foreign Countries