Hebrew

Arabic

English

Language

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

Skill

Mean (S. D)

Mean (S. D)

Mean (S. D)

Mean (S. D)

Mean (S. D)

Mean (S. D)

20.86 (3.28)

20.66 (3.32)

22.76 (4.35)

22.52 (4.31)

18.17 (3.71)

17.97 (3.59)

Orthographic knowledge

F(1,58) = 0.07

F(1,58) = 0.03

F(1,58) = 0.104

17.21 (3.43)

16.55 (3.45)

18.28 (3.60)

17.79 (4.20)

15.79 (3.66)

15.45 (3.61)

Phonological awareness

F(1,58) = 0.63

F(1,58) = 0.25

F(1,58) = 0.10

14.34 (3.10)

14.07 (3.08)

15.76 (3.28)

15.21 (3.16)

13.45 (2.89)

13.14 (2.90)

Morphological awareness-1

F(1,58) = 0.12

F(1,58) = 0.51

F(1,58) = 0.14

18.00 (2.78)

17.72 (2.72)

19.59 (2.88)

19.34 (2.87)

15.24 (3.08)

15.07 (3.09)

Morphological awareness-2

F(1,58) = 0.26

F(1,58) = 0.09

F(1,58) = 0.07

19.62 (2.73)

19.38 (2.86)

20.79 (3.53)

20.59 (3.65)

19.34 (3.60)

18.97 (3.78)

Morphological awareness-3

F(1,58) = 0.07

F(1,58) = 0.06

F(1,58) = 0.13

18.69 (3.39)

18.52 (3.44)

20.28 (2.96)

20.14 (3.02)

14.66 (3.35)

14.48 (3.23)

Syntactical awareness-1

F(1,58) = 0.06

F(1,58) = 0.07

F(1,58) = 0.01

19.90 (3.13)

19.79 (3.10)

20.83 (3.51)

20.66  (3.71)

17.86 (3.92)

17.62 (3.83)

Syntactic awareness-2

F(1,58) = 0.002

F(1,58) = 0.004

F(1,58) = 0.05

17.76 (4.02)

17.45 (4.09)

19.10 (4.46)

18.90 (4.38)

15.21 (3.74)

15.00 (3.86)

Reading accuracy

F(1,58) = 0.14

F(1,58) = 0.10

F(1,58) = 0.06

11.55 (1.64)

11.31 (1.69)

11.79 (2.02)

11.52 (1.98)

10.45 (2.46)

10.28 (2.37)

Reading comprehension

F(1,58) = 0.44

F(1,58) = 0.40

F(1,58) = 0.09