Current Issues in Bilingualism: Cognitive and Socio-linguistic Perspectives (Literacy Studies, Vol. 5)

As populations become more mobile, so interest grows in bi- and multilingualism, particularly in the context of education. This volume focuses on the singular situation in Israel, whose complex multiculturalism has Hebrew and Arabic as official languages, English as an academic and political language, and tongues such as Russian and Amharic spoken by immigrants. Presenting research on bi- and trilingualism in Israel from a multitude of perspectives, the book focuses on four aspects of multilingualism and literacy in Israel: Arabic-Hebrew bilingual education and Arabic literacy development; second-language Hebrew literacy among immigrant children; literacy in English as a second/third language; and adult bilingualism. Chapters dissect findings on immigrant youth education, language impairment in bilinguals, and neurocognitive features of bilingual language processing. Reflecting current trends, this volume integrates linguistics, sociology, education, cognitive science, and neuroscience Front Matter....Pages i-x Current Issues in Bilingualism: A Complex Approach to a Multidimensional Phenomenon....Pages 1-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Relevance of the Linguistic Coding Difference Hypothesis to English as an Additional Language of Literacy in Israel....Pages 21-42 Literacy Reflexes of Arabic Diglossia....Pages 43-55 Multilingualism Among Israeli Arabs, and the Neuropsychology of Reading in Different Languages....Pages 57-74 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Cognitive, Language, and Literacy Development in Socio-culturally Vulnerable School Children – The Case of Ethiopian Israeli Children....Pages 77-117 Second Generation Immigrants: A Socio-Linguistic Approach of Linguistic Development Within the Framework of Family Language Policy....Pages 119-135 Understanding Language Achievement of Immigrants in Schools: The Role of Multiple Academic Languages....Pages 137-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Adjective Inflection in Hebrew: A Psychollinguistic Study of Speakers of Russian, English and Arabic Compared with Native Hebrew Speakers....Pages 159-178 Verb Inflections as Indicators of Bilingual SLI: Qualitative Vs. Quantitative Measurements....Pages 179-200 Procedural and Declarative Memory in the Acquisition of Morphological Knowledge: A Model for Second Language Acquisition in Adults....Pages 201-216 Reading in L1 and L2: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence: A Comparison Between Regular and Dyslexic Readers....Pages 217-239 Identification of Grammatical Functions in Two Languages....Pages 241-265 Current Issues in Bilingualism focuses on the language situation in Israel -- a country where Hebrew and Arabic are official languages, English is an academic and political language, and Russian, Amharic, etc., are spoken by immigrants -- to illustrate concepts applicable in a broader scope. Annotation This title focuses on the language situation in Israel - a country where Hebrew and Arabic are official languages, English is an academic and political language, and Russian, Amharic, etc., are spoken by immigrants - to illustrate concepts applicable in a broader scope Mark Leikin, Mila Schwartz, Yishai Tobin Ed. Met Lit. Opg.