Salim Abu?Rabia|Dana Bluestein-Danon
A Study into the Results of an Intervention Program of Linguistic Skills in English (L2) and Its Effect on Hebrew (L1) among Poor Readers: An Examination of the Cognitive-Retroactive Transfer (CRT) Hypothesis
University of Haifa|University of Haifa
present study examined whether improvement english second language causes improvement among poor readers hebrew first languagethis assumption named present study cognitiveretroactive transfer crt hypothesis linguistic skillsthe participants 20 sixthgrade poor readers israeli elementary schools hebrew first language learn english second languageall students program participated small group instruction sessions emphasized linguistic metalinguistic skills second language englishthe program administered 5month period involved approximately 40 hours contact trained instructorthe participants administered various tests measured basic linguistic skills english well hebrewthe tests follows phonological awareness phonological processing word identification reading fluency reading comprehension morphological awareness syntactic awareness orthographic knowledge spellingthe tests languages given participants intervention programthe test results indicated significant differences english hebrew intervention program linguistic skills except orthographic knowledgethe findings provide scientific support cognitiveretroactive transfer crt hypothesis means improvement linguistic metalinguistic skills second language expected give rise similar improvement first language wellthe results discussed light findings literature well suggestions future research