Morphological Awareness and Reading in Second and Fifth Grade: Evidence from Hebrew

Autor/inn/en	Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered; Sarid, Miri; Shimron, Joseph
Titel	Morphological Awareness and Reading in Second and Fifth Grade: Evidence from Hebrew
Quelle	In: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29 (2016) 2, S.229-244 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0922-4777
DOI	10.1007/s11145-015-9587-7
Schlagwörter	Morphology (Languages); Semitic Languages; Reading Comprehension; Word Recognition; Correlation; Grade 2; Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Language Tests; Reading Tests; Low Achievement; Reading Skills; Reading Processes; Decoding (Reading); Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphology; Morphologie; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Leseverstehen; Worterkennung; Korrelation; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Language test; Sprachtest; Lesetest; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Leseprozess; Dekodierung; Ausland
Abstract	Research suggests that morphological awareness facilitates word decoding, improves lexical knowledge, and helps reading comprehension (Carlisle, 2010; Nagy et al., 2014; Verhoeven & Perfetti, 2011). The present study examined the relationship among morphological awareness, word recognition and reading comprehension in 153 second- and fifth-grade Hebrew speakers at an elementary school in Israel. Students were given morphological awareness tests and tests for word recognition and reading comprehension. Three types of morphological awareness were analyzed: inflection, derivation and construct formation. Overall, students with low morphological awareness in derivation and construct formation showed relatively poor achievement in word recognition and comprehension. All three types were found to correlate with reading comprehension in readers with high morphological awareness. These readers also exhibited good reading skills. The results are discussed with regard to the special characteristics of Hebrew morphology and reading process, which aid morphological decomposition. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01