Role of Phonological and Morphological Awareness in L2 Oral Word Reading
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In this study, 57 fifth‐grade native Hebrew speakers performed orthographic‐phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and oral word reading tasks in both Hebrew (first language [L1]) and English (second language [L2]). The results of the language‐specific task scores in the two languages reflect, with certain qualifications, participants' L1 proficiency and the language proximity of particular language features. The more similar the language feature (linear morphology), the more positive the cross‐language influence; conversely, the less similar the language feature (phonology), the less positive the influence. Hebrew (L1) language‐specific task scores related to English (L2) word reading. In addition, Hebrew (L1) and English (L2) word reading scores were only related when Hebrew orthographic‐phonological and/or morphological awareness was low. In contrast, when the (L1) Hebrew orthographic‐phonological and morphological awareness scores were high, there was no correlation between Hebrew and English word reading.
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The treatment group's improved achievements in Arabic and Hebrew morphological awareness can be attributed to the group's improvement in English morphological awareness skills, suggesting transfer of morphological awareness skills from English L3 to Arabic L1 and Hebrew L2.
“Therefore, the treatment group's improved achievements in Arabic and Hebrew morphological awareness can be attributed to the group's improvement in English morphological awareness skills, suggesting the transfer of morphological awareness skills from English as an L3 to Arabic as the L1 and Hebrew as the L2”
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- Authors
- Schiff, R., & Calif, S.
- Affiliations
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Schiff, Rachel
- ORCID
- Schiff, Rachel
- Venue
- Language Learning
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 271-298
- ISSN
- 0023-8333 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9922
- OpenAlex
- W1916388024
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Language Learning (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Keywords
- morphological awareness, second language reading, language transfer, linguistic proximity, fifth grade students
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