Janina Kahn?Horwitz|Mila Schwartz|David L. Share
Acquiring the complex English orthography: a triliteracy advantage?
Oranim Academic College of Education|Oranim Academic College of Education|University of Haifa|University of Haifa
scriptdependence hypothesis tested examination impact russian hebrew literacy english orthographic knowledge needed spelling decoding among fifth graders compared performance three groups russianhebrewspeaking emerging triliterates russianhebrewspeaking emerging biliterates literate russian hebrew hebrewspeaking emerging biliterates based similarities russian english orthographies hypothesised russianhebrewspeaking emerging triliterates would outperform groups spelling decoding short vowels consonant clusters hypothesised groups would face similar difficulties novel orthographic conventions russianhebrewspeaking emerging triliterates demonstrated advantages spelling decoding short vowels decoding consonant clusters three groups experienced difficulty spelling decoding digraph th well split digraph silent e