Accumulated recent research suggests that prior knowledge of multiple languages leads to
advantages in learning additional languages. In the current article, we review studies …

This is the only text for school and clinical psychologists and other mental health
professionals to provide a systematic developmental framework for assessment, diagnosis …

The current narrative review focuses on cross-language influences (CLI) in spelling English
as a foreign language (EFL). We identify three types of distance between first language (L1) …

A two-cohort cluster-randomized trial was conducted to estimate effects of small-group
supplemental vocabulary instruction for at-risk kindergarten English learners (ELs) …

The aim of this study was to examine self-teaching in the context of English as a foreign
language literacy acquisition. Three groups comprising 88 sixth-grade children participated …

Abstract English spelling is widely investigated, but little is known about spelling in English
as an additional language (EAL), especially in the context of text production. This study …

This study examined English as a foreign language (EFL) spelling development amongst
233 fifth‐grade, eighth‐grade and 10th‐grade Hebrew first‐language speakers to examine …

Abstract English orthography differs from that of other European languages in terms of
complexity and regularity. This difference may impact the development of accurate spelling …

This study investigates spelling abilities of 189 second, third, and fourth graders using a
word and pseudoword dictation task in European Portuguese. We analyzed the effect of …

The study tested whether cognitive retroactive transfer (CRT) of language skills from English
to Hebrew takes place; specifically, whether an improvement in linguistic and meta-linguistic …