The past few decades have witnessed a growing interest in how second language (L2)
learners come to read in languages employing non-alphabetic writing systems such as …

This study is aimed at examining the possible effect of bilingualism on creativity in
nonmathematical and mathematical problem solving among very young bilingual and …

The phenomenon of whether cognitive advantages are associated with bilingualism has
been widely debated. This paper reviews both research on the cognitive effects of …

Today, many children worldwide grow up in bilingual or multilingual families. This study
explores early literacy development in Russian–Hebrew bilingual families in Israel. It studies …

The aim of the present study is to examine the influence of diglossia on linguistic and
narrative structures in Arab kindergarten children by testing performance in production and …

Purpose This clinical focus article will highlight the importance and role of morphological
awareness (MA) across orthographies, in particular, the role it plays in reading development …

This study explores the structure of motivation in foreign language (FL) reading among 186
university English language learners (ELLs) in China, and investigated the relations …

As children learn to read, they become sensitive to the patterns that exist in the ways in
which their language (s) are represented in print. This skill is known as orthographic …

The present study aims at exploring:(a) the role of the educational setting in the acquisition
of aspect and executive functions (ie updating) skills,(b) the acquisition of the aspectual …

Biscriptuality Page 1 H am burg Studies on Linguistic D iversity Biscriptuality Writing skills
among German-Russian adolescents Irina Usanova 8 John Benjamins Publishing Company …