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Direct linkFeder, Liat; Abu-Rabia, Salim – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This research examined differences between dyslexic, poor and normal readers who learn in the same educational framework, across various linguistic and meta-linguistic skills in Hebrew as the first language (L1) and English as a foreign language (FL), following an intervention program focusing on English linguistic skills. The participants…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Semitic Languages
Prior, Anat; Zeltsman-Kulick, Rita; Katzir, Tami – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
The current study examined the proficiency of Israeli adolescents in reading single words in English, which is taught as a foreign language, and what language skills predict individual variability. Parallel measures of word reading, phonology, decoding, morpho-syntax and vocabulary in Hebrew and English were administered to 217 adolescents in 8th…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Processes, Elementary School Students, Language Proficiency
Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered; Sarid, Miri; Shimron, Joseph – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Research suggests that morphological awareness facilitates word decoding, improves lexical knowledge, and helps reading comprehension (Carlisle, 2010; Nagy et al., 2014; Verhoeven & Perfetti, 2011). The present study examined the relationship among morphological awareness, word recognition and reading comprehension in 153 second- and…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Semitic Languages, Reading Comprehension, Word Recognition
Shany, Michal; Wiener, Judith; Feingold, Liat – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This study investigated the extent to which children's knowledge about reading disabilities, preoccupation with their own reading disability, and anxiety predicted reading comprehension in fifth and sixth grade children with reading disabilities (N = 85). Participants provided rich and accurate information about reading disabilities and the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Knowledge Level, Disabilities
Meyler, Ann; Breznitz, Zvia – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors examined the processing of phonological and orthographic word representations among 17 dyslexic and 16 normal college-level readers using Event-Related Potential measures. They focused on 2 early components--the P200 and the P300. The results revealed P200 and P300 components of lower amplitude and later latency among dyslexic readers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Short Term Memory, Word Recognition
Kahn-Horwitz, Janina; Shimron, Joseph; Sparks, Richard L. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2006
This study examined individual differences among beginning readers of English as a foreign language (EFL). The study concentrated on the effects of underlying first language (L1) knowledge as well as EFL letter and vocabulary knowledge. Phonological and morphological awareness, spelling, vocabulary knowledge, and word reading in Hebrew L1, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Semitic Languages, Socioeconomic Status
Abu-Rabia, Salim; Maroun, Lateefeh – Dyslexia, 2005
The present study examined the effect of consanguineous marriage in the Arab community on reading disabilities of offspring. It examined whether the rate of reading disabilities was higher among offspring of first-cousin parents than offspring of unrelated parents; and whether reading-disabled children of first-cousin parents were more disabled in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
