Reading Hebrew: The Language and the Psychology of Reading It / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780805850765 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 10/27/2005 Pages: 222 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Over the last two decades, the study of languages and writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition has begun to spread beyond studies based mostly on English language learners. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their language and writing system and literacy acquisition. This volume is part of this new, emerging field of research. In addition to reviewing psychological research on reading (the author's specialty), the reader is introduced to the Hebrew language: its structure, its history, its writing system, and the issues involved in being fluently literate in Hebrew.Chapters 1-4 introduce the reader to the Hebrew language and word structure and focuses on aspects of Hebrew that have been spec