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Vocabulary Learning in a Novel Language: Is Language Similarity Helpful in Bilingual Children?
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Borodkin, Katy; Orgal, Rachel; Martzini, Naomi – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Bilinguals are more successful than monolinguals in novel language learning due to the transfer of prior learning strategies and experiences with two languages. The extent of such transfer may depend on the similarity between previously acquired languages and a novel language. This hypothesis was tested in relation to vocabulary learning in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Native Language, Bilingualism, Transfer of Training
Vocabulary Gains in Bilingual Narrative Intervention
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Armon-Lotem, Sharon; Restrepo, M. Adelaida; Lipner, Minna; Ahituv-Shlomo, Peer; Altman, Carmit – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of bilingual narrative intervention on vocabulary gains in Hebrew (school language) and English (home language) among English-Hebrew bilinguals, using a block design (one language at a time), and to determine whether there was cross-linguistic transfer to the language that was…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Semitic Languages, English, Bilingual Students
'It Is Hard at School, but I Do My Best to Cope.': The Educational Experience of Multilingual Immigrant Youth in High School
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Haim, Orly – Intercultural Education, 2019
This study explored how 60 trilingual immigrant youth interpret and make sense of their educational experiences in Israeli schools. Conceptualizing the language knowledge of multilingual individuals as one unitary system, the study is based on the assumption that a fuller understanding of students' educational experiences can be obtained by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, Student Experience, Multilingualism
Teaching Native Speakers: Problems and Suggested Guidelines.
Azran, Raquelle – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1992
Pedagogical and administrative problems in teaching English to native speakers are reviewed, including criteria for students and teachers and lack of a graded syllabus. Guidelines for solving these problems are proposed. (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, Bilingual Students, English