This retrospective study examined L1 achievement, intelligence, L2 aptitude, and L2
proficiency profiles of 208 students completing two years of high school L2 courses. A …

The study of additional languages is mandatory for all pupils in most European countries.
Usually, the first foreign language is English. This is due to the status of English as a global …

In order to inform English foreign language (EFL) diagnostic assessment of literacy, this
study examined the extent to which 175 first-language Hebrew-speaking EFL young …

Abstract English foreign language (EFL) literacy achievement is a major challenge for EFL
pupils in Israel. To better understand this challenge, this study used a quantitative approach …

English as a foreign language (EFL) spelling was examined longitudinally three times (4th,
9th, 12th grades) during 9 years of EFL study among Hebrew first language (L1) students …

This study examined the impact of explicitly teaching orthographic conventions on the
spelling of 92 Hebrew speaking strong versus struggling English as a foreign language …

Reading acquisition involves connections between the spoken language and the writing
system. The English-language writing system holds an inconsistent alphabetic system, thus …

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 …

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 …

The study focused on pertinent challenges and key guidelines in introducing and assessing
students' higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in a literature based English foreign language …