Esther Geva

Geva, Esther and Christie Fraser 2017 Multilingual learners: Vocabulary and beyond Developmental Perspectives in Written Language and Literacy: In honor of Ludo Verhoeven, Segers, Eliane and Paul van den Broek (eds.), pp. 199–217 | Chapter

The simple view of reading (SVR; Gough & Tunmer, 1986) proposes that decoding and language comprehension are pivotal for reading comprehension. Vocabulary breadth is a frequently used measure of language comprehension in studies of second language (L2) and multilingual children including those… read more

Geva, Esther 2016 Introduction: The cross-language transfer journey – a guide to the perplexed Cross-linguistic Transfer in Reading in Multilingual Contexts, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article

Gottardo, Alexandra, Christine Javier, Fataneh Farnia, Lorinda Mak and Esther Geva 2016 Bidirectional cross-linguistic relations of first and second language skills in reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking English learners Cross-linguistic Transfer in Reading in Multilingual Contexts, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 65–92 | Article

This study examines the bidirectional, cross-linguistic associations between language and word-level reading skills and reading comprehension for 51 students in grades 4 to 6 who speak Spanish as first language (L1) and English as second language (L2). Within-language predictors of reading… read more

Luo, Yang Cathy, Xi Chen and Esther Geva 2016 Concurrent and longitudinal cross-linguistic transfer of phonological awareness and morphological awareness in Chinese-English bilingual children Cross-linguistic Transfer in Reading in Multilingual Contexts, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 93–120 | Article

The present study was designed to examine concurrent and longitudinal cross-linguistic transfer of phonological awareness and morphological awareness at two levels, the construct level and the reading level. We investigated whether phonological awareness and morphological awareness measured in one… read more

Geva, Esther 2014 Introduction: The cross-language transfer journey – a guide to the perplexed Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Article

Gottardo, Alexandra, Christine Javier, Fataneh Farnia, Lorinda Mak and Esther Geva 2014 Bidirectional cross-linguistic relations of first and second language skills in reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking English learners Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 62–88 | Article

This study examines the bidirectional, cross-linguistic associations between language and word-level reading skills and reading comprehension for 51 students in grades 4 to 6 who speak Spanish as first language (L1) and English as second language (L2). Within-language predictors of reading… read more

Luo, Yang Cathy, Xi Chen and Esther Geva 2014 Concurrent and longitudinal cross-linguistic transfer of phonological awareness and morphological awareness in Chinese-English bilingual children Cross-linguistic transfer in reading in multilingual contexts – recent research trends, Zaretsky, Elena and Mila Schwartz (eds.), pp. 89–115 | Article

The present study was designed to examine concurrent and longitudinal cross-linguistic transfer of phonological awareness and morphological awareness at two levels, the construct level and the reading level. We investigated whether phonological awareness and morphological awareness measured in one… read more

Shany, Michal, Esther Geva and Liat Melech-Feder 2010 Emergent literacy in children of immigrants coming from a primarily oral literacy culture Written Language & Literacy 13:1, pp. 24–60 | Article

This study examined emergent literacy skills of 61 kindergarten children whose families had immigrated to Israel from a primarily oral society (Ethiopia). Three complementary perspectives were examined: developmental patterns, individual differences, and the contribution of parent literacy. The… read more

Schwartz, Mila, Esther Geva, David L. Share and Mark Leikin 2007 Learning to read in English as third language: The cross-linguistic transfer of phonological processing skills Written Language & Literacy 10:1, pp. 25–52 | Article

The present study compared the influence of bi-literate bilingualism versus mono-literate bilingualism on the development of literary skills in English as L3. Two main predictions were made. First, it was predicted that Russian (L1) literacy would benefit decoding and spelling acquisition in… read more

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