This timely book provides: current and informative guidance for practitioners involved in
areas of literacy, multilingualism and dyslexia, invaluable advice on assessment and …

The study of foreign language (FL) learning for individuals who have found learning to read
and write in their first language extremely problematic has been an under‐researched area …

This study investigated the link between low second language performance and difficulties
with native language phonological processing. Participants were native Hebrew speakers …

This study examines the knowledge of language components in 44 teachers of English as a
foreign language (EFL). These components include phonology, orthography, and …

Difficulties in second language (L2) learning are often associated with recognizable learning
difficulties in native language (L1), such as in dyslexia. However, some individuals have low …

Low-proficiency second language (L2) learners have a weakness in native language (L1)
phonological processing. The hypothesis that this weakness stems from deficient …

Different factors affect reading acquisition in EFL; mainly teachers' perspectives and
practices, since teacher are the most significant and valuable resource in the school system …

We will respond to Kahn‐Horwitz, Roffman and Teitelbaum (1998) by raising two concerns.
In their article the authors use the term 'LD'loosely to refer to 'learning differences', and we …

The study of foreign language (FL) learning for individuals who have found learning to read
and write in their first language extremely problematic has been an under-researched area …