May, 2014Professor Dorit Ravid, Ph.D.

Tel Aviv University

ID. No.: 051293611Faculty: Humanities / MedicineDepartment: School of Education / Department of

Communications DisordersHome Address: 63 Weizman, Yehud 56242, IsraelTelephones: (H) 03-5364304 (W) 03-6408626

(Fax) 03-5360394 (Mobile) 0544-482401Email doritr@post.tau.ac.il

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date and place of birth:February 5, 1952 - IsraelMilitary Service: 31.12.69 - 31.10.71Marital Status: Married + 3

A. EDUCATION1971-1974 Tel Aviv University Linguistics B.A. 1974

English literature1974-1978 Tel Aviv University Linguistics M.A. 1978

cum laude1980-1988 Tel Aviv University Linguistics Ph.D. 1988

Master’s thesis: Word-formation processes in Modern Hebrew nouns and adjectives

Supervisor: Ruth A. Berman

Doctoral dissertation: Transient and fossilized phenomena in inflectional morphology: Varieties of spoken Hebrew

Supervisor: Ruth A. Berman

B. FURTHER STUDIES1991-1993 Mofet Institute Pedagogy Teaching license 1993

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C. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1975-1985 Hebrew/English Teacher, Yehud High School1975-1990 Hebrew/English Teacher, Shein Teachers’ College1989-1990 Hebrew/English Teacher, Beit Berl Teachers’ College1980-1990 Teaching Instructor, Linguistics Dept., Tel Aviv University1989-1993 Hebrew/English Teacher, Levinsky Teachers’ College1982-1997 Teacher, English Department, Seminar Hakibbutzim1992-1997 Chair, English Department, Seminar Hakibbutzim1990-1991 Visiting Professor, Linguistics Department, Carleton University,

Ottawa, Canada1993-1994 Visiting Lecturer, School of Education & Department of Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv University 1993-present Head, Hebrew Teacher Training Program, School of

Education, Tel Aviv University1994-1997 Lecturer, School of Education & Department of

Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv UniversityJune, 1997 Visiting Professor, Linguistics Department, Vienna University, Austria1998 Tenured Senior Lecturer, School of Education & Department of

Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv University2000 Visiting Professor, Linguistics Department, Vienna University,

Austria 2002-2004 Head, Unit for Language Instruction and Acquisition, School of

Education, Tel Aviv University2003 Associate Professor, School of Education & Department of

Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv UniversityAugust, 2005 - January, 2006

International Francqui Chair, University of Antwerp, Belgium2006-2007 Head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of

Education, Tel Aviv University2007 Full Professor, School of Education & Department of

Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv University2009-2013 Chair, Research Students' Committee, School of Education, Tel

Aviv University

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D. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS1985 Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics Annual Conference, Tel-

Aviv University, June 5 1985 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, October 21987 SCRIPT annual conference, Kiryat Anavim, February 251987 Israel Association of Theoretical Linguistics Annual Conference, Bar-

Ilan University, May 13 (With Y. Shlesinger)1987 Linguistics Department Colloquium, Tel-Aviv University, May 191987 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, Bar Ilan

University, October 201990 Carleton University Linguistics Colloquium, Ottawa, October 261990 Psychology Department special guest colloquium, York University,

Toronto, November 201991 Department of Oriental and African Languages and Literature

special guest colloquium, University of Texas at Austin, February 261991 North American Conference on Afro-AsiaticLinguistics. UC Berkeley, March 71991 Conference on Word Order in Discourse. University of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, April 141991 Linguistics Department special guest colloquium, SUNY at Stony Brook, May 10.1991 "What About Methodology?" conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, May 241991 National Association of Professors of Hebrew conference. Emory

University, Atlanta, June 31991 Association for Israeli Studies Annual Meeting, Barnard College, New York, June 101991 2nd International Cognitive Linguistics Association Conference. UC

Santa Cruz, July 311992 SCRIPT annual conference, 7-8 July, Ma'ale Hachamisha.1992 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, Bar Ilan, October 201993 Hebrew - a Living Language conference. Oranim/Haifa University,

May 27-28 (with Z. Sar’el and Y. Shlesinger)1993 National Teachers Conference. October 3-5, Tel Aviv University. (With

Z. Shalom)1993 24th Israeli Psychologists Conference, October 11-13, Bar Ilan University1994 University of Barcelona, Spain, Developmental Psychology special

guest colloquium. April 181994 SCRIPT 9th annual conference, July 12-13, Ma'ale Hachamisha. (With Y. Shlesinger)1994 Societas Linguistica Europaea conference, September 4-8, Florence University, Italy1994 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, Bar Ilan

University, October 19.1995 The first conference on sociolinguistics, Bar Ilan University, January

29-30

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1995 AERA conference, San Francisco April 17-22 (With D. Hanauer)1995 Guest talk, Linguistics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, April 261995 Workshop TESL Ottawa, Canada, April 291995 Israeli Chapter of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Ben Gurion

University of the Negev, May 9 (With Y. Shlesinger)1995 SCRIPT conference, Ma’ale Hachamisha, June 27-29 (with L. Michaeli and R. Perez)1995 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, Levinsky

Teachers’ College, October181995 Keynote address, Conference on the goals of linguistic education in

teacher training. Levinsky Teachers’ College and Mofet, December 61996 Workshop on the acquisition of morphology in L1, the 7th

International Morphology Meeting, University of Vienna, February 14-18

1996 Child Language Seminar, Reading, England, April 13-15 (with O. Ashkenazi)1996 SCRIPT conference, Ma’ale Hachamisha, July 10-11 (with D. Hanauer)1996 7th International Congress for the study of Child Language, Bogazici

University, Istanbul, July 14-19, (with A. Malenki)1996 Workshop on the acquisition of Semitic languages. Convenor and

discussant; and paper with R. Farah, the 7th International Congress for the study of Child Language, Bogazici University, Istanbul, July 14-19

1996 Workshop on pre- and proto-morphology, the 7th International Congress for the study of Child Language, Bogazici University, Istanbul, July 14-19

1996 EARLI-SIG writing conference, University Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain October 23-25 (with S. Strauss, H. Zelcer)

1997 International workshop, the Vienna Pre and Protomorphology Project, University of Vienna, Austria, November 6-9

1997 GALA conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 4-61997 SCRIPT conference, July 1-3, Ma’ale Hachamisha (with Y. Shlesinger

& D. Segal; and with I. Levin & S. Rappaport)1997 Cognitive Linguistics conference, Amsterdam, Holland July 14-191997 8th European conference on developmental psychology, University

of Rennes 2, France, September 3-71997 Child Language Seminar, September12-14, Garderen, Holland,

University of Amsterdam, (with M. Nir)1997 Spencer Foundation International Workshop I Developing Literacy in

Different Contexts and in Different Languages, Tel Aviv University, September 21-25

1997 The 4th meeting of the Pre- and Protomorphology Project, University of Vienna, Austria, November 20-23

1997 3rd Hebrew is a Living Language Oranim conference, Oranim December 28-291998 Poznan Linguistic Meeting, Poznan, Poland, Adam Mickevic

University, May 1-3, (with D. Hanauer).

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1998 Spencer Foundation International Workshop II Developing Literacy in Different Contexts and in Different Languages, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, June 26-30

1998 EARLI SIG Writing European writing conference, University of Poitiers, France, July 2-4

1998 SCRIPT annual conference, Ma’ale Ha-chamisha, July 5-7 1998 Research conference on the Structure of Learner Language: from

pragmatics to syntax, organization of second language acquisition. European Science Foundation, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 26 September - 1 October, (with I. Alfi-Shabtay)

1998 Child Language Seminar, University of Sheffield, September 4-61998 UiL OTS Congress on storage and computation in linguistics, Utrecht

University, October 19-211999 International conference on Semitic linguistics: The state of the art

at the turn of the twenty first century, Tel Aviv University, January 11-13 (with R. Berman)

1999 Spencer Foundation International Workshop III Developing Literacy in Different Contexts and in Different Languages, Tel Aviv University, February 14-18

1999 30th Annual Child Language Research Forum, CSLI, Stanford University, April 9-11 (with S. Gillis)

1999 Guest talk, City University of New York, Psychology Dept., April 20, 13 1999 International Jerusalem conference on language and disorders,

Hebrew University, May 25-261999 Israel Chapter of the European Linguistic Society conference, Bar

Ilan University, May 311999 International Pragmatics Conference on Pragmatics and Negotiation,

June 13-16, Tel Aviv University & the Hebrew University. 1999 Spencer Foundation International Workshop IV Developing Literacy

in Different Contexts and in Different Languages, University of Barcelona, July 5-9

1999 8th International Congress for the study of Child Language, University of San Sebastian, Spain, July 12-16

1999 Child Language Seminar, City University, London, September 2-4 (with S. Gillis)1999 Boston University Language Development Conference, Boston

University, November 5-7 (with D. Cahana-Amitay)1999 Unit for Human Development and Education, School of Education,

Tel Aviv University, November 18.11 (with E. Kubi)1999 School of Education research seminar, Dead Sea, December 5-6 (with Y. Shlesinger)2000 Spencer Foundation International Workshop V Developing Literacy in

Different Contexts and in Different Languages, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, January 24-28

2000 Plenary talk, 9th International Morphology Meeting 2000, Vienna University, February 25-27 (with S. Gillis)

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2000 International Research Workshop on theoretical and methodological issues in the study of language disorders. Hebrew University, Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, March 26-30

2000 Spencer Foundation International Workshop VI Developing Literacy in Different Contexts and in Different Languages, Psychology department, UCSD, San Diego, July 26-30

2000 Workshop Writing Language, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, August 29-30 (with S. Gillis; and with E. Kubi)

2000 EARLI Special Interest Group Conference on Writing, Verona, Italy, September 7– 9

2000 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, Ben Gurion University in the Negev, October 22

2000 Unit for Human Development and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, November 2, (with A. Bar-On)

2001 International workshop on Reference and Coherence in Discourse: Formal, Functional and Cognitive Approaches. Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht January 11-12, (with J. van Hell, E. Rosado & A. Zamora)

2001 Hebrew - a Living Language Conference III. Oranim / The Academic Division, February 4

2001 The Multilingualism Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, March 14 (with S. Gillis)

2001 Brain and Language Workshop, Bar Ilan University, April 29 (with R. Schiff)2001 Scientific workshop "The dynamics of perception and production

during text writing", Lund University, Sweden, May 10-12 2001 Invited plenary talk, SCRIPT conference, Shfayim, July 2-32001 Symposium organizer & convenor (2 symposia) SCRIPT conference,

Shfayim, July 2-3 2001 Child Language Seminar, University of Hertfordshire, UK, July 9-112001 European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Uppsala,

Sweden, August 23-26 (with S. Gillis)2001 GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition) conference,

University of Lisbon (Cidade Universitária - Faculdade de Letras), Palmela, Portugal, September 14-16

2001 Invited plenary talk, ÉCRITURES ET SENS LINGUISTIQUES, Colloque organisé par l'Université de Strasbourg et le CNRS, Strasbourg University, November 29 & 30

2001 Guest talk, LEAPLE ("Laboratoire d'Études sur l'Acquisition et la Pathologie du Langage chez l'Enfant"), CNRS Villejuif, Paris, December 3

2001 Early Lexical Acquisition conference, University of Lyon, December 5-8 2002 Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of

Language and Society (IALS), May 5-6 (with R. Berman)2002 Institute for Jewish Studies (IJS), Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, June 13

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2002 International workshop on children with cochlear implants, Antwerp University, Belgium, June 14-16 (with O. Herzberg)

2002 19th NAPH International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture, Ben Gurion University, July 2-4 (with D. Doron)

2002 9th International Conference of the International Association for the Study of Child Language, Madison, Wisconsin, July 16-21

2002 International Workshop ‘From Letter to Sound‘, University of Cologne, 23 – 24 September 2002

2002 Israel Association of Applied Linguistics annual conference, Talpiyot Teachers’ College, September 29 (with D. Doron)

2002 Unit for Human Development and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, October 31

2002 Organizer and Chair, Script winter workshop on language, literacy and education, Tel Aviv University, December 15, 2002

2002 Orton Dyslexia organization annual conference, Tel Aviv University, December 32003 The Annual Meeting of the Israeli Chapter of the European

Linguistic Society. Hebrew Language Department, Beit Berl Teachers’ College, January 16.

2003 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics. Georgetown University, Washington, February 15-17

2003 AAAL meeting, Arlington University, Virginia, March 22-25 (with Y. Shlesinger).

2003 Language and Society Conference, Hebrew University, Holyland Hotel, 15 June.

2003 Script conference organizer and co-chair, Tel Aviv & Bar Ilan Universities, Ganey Carmel hotel, Zikhron Yaakov, 30 June-1 July.

2003 Script conference, Tel Aviv & Bar Ilan Universities, Ganey Carmel hotel, Zikhron Yaakov, 30 June-1 July.

2003 Child Language Seminar, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 9-11 July (with I. Yagev, with S. Dorfman-Tikotchinsky).

2003 GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition) conference, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 4-5 September (with I. Alfi-Shabtay)

2003 Guest lecture, Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, USA, 18 September

2003 Partners’ meeting, European project “Understanding and consolidating

multilingualism to promote citizens’ active participation in contexts of cultural diversity", Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Lyon, France, 4-5 October

2003 Guest lecture, Unit of Cognition and Brain studies, Cambridge University, UK, 7 October

2003 Guest Lecture, School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, UK, 9 October

2003 MAD’03 (Multidisciplinary approaches to discourse 2003), Workshop on

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Determination of Information and Tenor in Texts, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 22-25 October

2003 Guest talk, Levinsky Teachers’ College, Workshop on Language and Discourse, 4 December.

2003 Organizer and Chair, Script winter workshop on reading comprehension, Tel Aviv University, December, 2003

2004 Guest lecture, Celebratory meeting in honor of Prof. Ora Schwarzwald’s book, Bar

Ilan University, 13 January.2004 Hebrew – a Living Language, bi-annual conference, Oranim College,

the Academic Division, 2-3 February.2004 Meeting of the Pre- and Protomorphology Project, Department of

Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria, 12-13 February2004 9th Morphology Meeting, University of Vienna, Austria, 14-17

February2004 Noun plurals workshop, University of Antwerp, April 192004 Lecture at the University of North Texas, April 22 (DeKeyser, Ravid, Alfi- Shabtay). 2004 AAAL conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 1-4 (DeKeyser, Ravid, Alfi- Shabtay).2004 Conference on Infant Studies, Hilton Hotel, Chicago, USA, May 5-8 (Ravid, Abu- Nofal)2004 Language and Society conference, Beit Berl, Israel, June 132004 Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Amsterdam, The

Netherlands, June 27-30 (Ravid, Schiff) 2004 Script conference organizer and co-chair, Tel Aviv & Bar Ilan

Universities, Ganey Carmel hotel, Zikhron Yaakov, July 7-8.2004 Script conference, Tel Aviv & Bar Ilan Universities, Ganey Carmel

hotel, Zikhron Yaakov, July 7-8, (Ravid, Schiff) 2004 Child Language Seminar, University of West England, Bristol, UK,

July 12-14 (Ravid, Seroussi)2004 The International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind, University of

Portsmouth, 18-20 July (Abugov, Ravid).2004 Workshop on Writing Systems, University of Antwerp, September 30-October 1

(Ravid, Haimowitz).2004 ILASH, Bar Ilan University, October 10 (Ravid, Berman).2004 Organizer and Chair, Script winter workshop on reading and reading

disorders, Tel Aviv University, December 12.2004 Conference on Nikud, Bar Ilan University, December 14.2005 International Workshop on Noun Plurals, Vienna University, 1-2 February2005 Annual International Workshop on Pre- and Proto-Morphology,

Vienna University, 3-4 February2005 DeKeyser, R., Alfi-Shabtay, I, & Ravid, D. The role of salience in the

acquisition of Hebrew as a second language. International Symposium on Bilingualism 5. Barcelona, Spain, March 21

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2005 Partners’ meeting, European project “Understanding and consolidating

multilingualism to promote citizens’ active participation in contexts of cultural diversity", Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Lyon, France, 24-27 February

2005 International workshop celebrating the publication of the Ravid & Shyldkrot book

dedicated to Ruth A. Berman – organizer and lecturer. April 7, Tel Aviv University.2005 Script spring workshops on punctuation and spelling. Bar Ilan University, 18 April.2005 International Workshop on Noun Plurals, Vienna University, 12-13 May.2005 Brain and Language Workshop, Bar Ilan University, 24 May.2005 Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Conference, Toronto, Canada, 24-26 June.2005 Script conference organizer and co-chair, Tel Aviv & Bar Ilan

Universities, Nir Ezion Hotel, July 6-7.2005 Script conference, Tel Aviv & Bar Ilan Universities, Nir Ezion Hotel,

July 6-7.2005 10th International Conference of the International Association for

the Study of Child Language, Berlin, Germany, July 25-292005 Linguistics Dept. colloquium, University of Antwerp, Belgium,

October 12.2005 Linguistics Dept. guest lecture, Leiden University, Holland, October

14.2005 Workshop on language acquisition in young children with cochlear

implants, University of Antwerp, November 10-11.2005 Quadri-language workshop on the development of noun plurals in

Hebrew, German, Dutch and Danish, University of Antwerp, December 2-3.

2005 Linguistics Dept. guest lecture, University of Cologne, 20 December.2006 International Research Board symposium, Center for Child Language

Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 12-13 January

2006 Child Language Acquisition: Assessment of Children’s Speech and Language. Clinical conference, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 16 January.

2006 Quadri-language workshop on the development of noun plurals in Hebrew, German, Dutch and Danish, Vienna University, 1-2 February [organized as a tribute to my International Francqui Chair]

2006 Annual International Workshop on Pre- and Proto-Morphology, Vienna University, 2-4 February

2006 Workshop on the acquisition of adjectives, chair, Vienna University, 3 February

2006 Invited talk, Eighth annual Gregynog / Nant Gwrtheyrn conference on child language, Bangor, Wales, UK, April 6-7

2006 Invited talk, Psychology department, Bangor, Wales, UK, April 9

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2006 Workshop on “Acquisition and impairments of inflectional morphology”, Morphology conference, Budapest, Hungary, May 27

2006 Quadri-language workshop on the development of noun plurals in Hebrew, German, Dutch and Danish, Vienna University, 29 May-2 June

2006 Chair, Literacy and Language conference (formerly Script), Tel Aviv University, July 25-26

2006 Symposium chair and organizer, Literacy and Language conference (formerly Script), Tel Aviv University, July 26

2006 2 paper presentations, SSSR (Society for the Scientific Study of Reading), Vancouver

2006 Symposium on figurative language, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 14 July

2006 Organizer, International workshop on the acquisition of language in Hebrew and Dutch-speaking children with cochlear implants, Department of Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv University, 23-24 November

2006 Organizer, International workshop on the acquisition of noun plurals in 4 languages (Hebrew, Dutch, German, Danish), School of Education, Tel Aviv University, 25-26 November

2006 Organizer and co-chair (with Y. Shen), Literacy and Language workshop on metaphoricity (Winter Script), Tel Aviv University, 17 December.

2007 Workshop in honor of Dr. Yitzhak Shlesinger's retirement, Bar Ilan University, Dept. of Hebrew Language, 9 January

2007 Conference "Hebrew – a Living Language", Oranim – the Academic Section, 5 February

2007 Annual International Workshop on Pre- and Proto-Morphology, Vienna University & Austrian Academy of Sciences, 21-27 February

2007 Chair, Workshop on the acquisition of adjectives, chair, Vienna University, 23 February

2007 Quadri-lingual workshop on the acquisition of noun plurals, Vienna University, 25-27 February

2007 Literacy and Language workshop on Literacy and language – development and difficulties (Spring Script), Bar Ilan University, 25 March

2007 Israeli Linguistic Society conference, Tel Aviv University, 29 March2007 Quadri-lingual workshop on the acquisition of noun plurals, Antwerp

University, 14-17 June2007 Chair, Literacy and Language conference 2 (formerly Script), Levinsky

College, July 1-22007 Symposium chair and organizer, Literacy and Language conference

(formerly Script), Tel Aviv University, July 22007 SSSR (Society for the Scientific Study of Reading) conference, Prague,

July 12-142007 Child Language Seminar conference, Reading, UK, July 18-202007 Formal Approaches to Language Acquisition: University of Haifa, 7

October2007 Between spoken and written language: What makes a literate Israeli

student? Van Leer Institute Workshop, Jerusalem, October 15

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2007 Multidimensional aspects of populations with special needs: research and applications. Bar Ilan University, 11 November

2007 The emergence of the verb category in Hebrew-speaking toddlers. Winter Script, Levinsky Teachers' College, 27 November.

2008 Coherent categories and the lexicon. Talk presented to Ministry of Education chief policy-makers. RAMA Institute, 8 January.

2008 Setting standards in Hebrew language education. Workshop on Standards in Education, Weizman Institute and Ministry of Education, 27 January.

2008 The emergence of early verbs in Hebrew. Talk presented in honor of Dr. Zvi Sar'el's retirement. MOFET Institute, 28 January.

2008 Conflicting cues in learning to inflect Hebrew adjectives (with R. Schiff). Workshop on Processing and Acquisition of Morphology, Vienna University, 3-4 February.

2008 The dual binyan system of Hebrew: a new view on parsimony and efficiency. Vienna Morphology Meeting, Vienna University, 5 February.

2008 Organizer and chief researcher, Pre- and Proto-morphology Workshop on the Early Acquisition of Adjectives. Vienna University, 7-8 February.

2008 Quadri-lingual Workshop on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, Vienna University, 10-12 February

2008 Cross-linguistic workshop on early language acquisition in children with cochlear implants, Antwerp University, 31.3-2.4. 2008

2008 Language and Literacy (SCRIPT) Spring Conference on the effect of SES on language and literacy, Bar Ilan University, 11 May, 2008

2008 Guest speaker, Faculty Seminar, ERASMUS Program, Potsdam University, Berlin, 9 June, 2008

2008 Quadri-lingual Workshop on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, Antwerp University, 12-14 June, 2008

2008 Why are noun plurals hard to acquire? Quadri-lingual Symposium on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, presenter (methods) and participant in all talks, 11th International Conference of the International Association for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 29

2008 Symposium on Lexical and grammatical complexity in typical and atypical school-age children and adolescents, talk presenter, 11th International Conference of the International Association for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 29

2008 Lyon Literacy Workshop, participant and talk presenter. Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, Institut des Sciences de l’Homme, Lyon, France, 3-5 September.

2008 The impact of low SES on language and literacy acquisition. Faculty seminar, School of Education, Bar Ilan University, December 2.

2009 Different facets of knowledge of passive voice constructions in Hebrew-speaking children (with Lizzy Vered). Language, Brain, Communication Conference, Gonda Center, Bar-Ilan University, January 4.

2009 Morphological development in the school years: a comparison of typically-developing and SLI populations. Invited talk, ISF Conference on Bilingualism and SLI, Jerusalem, 3 February

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2009 Quadri-lingual Workshop on the Acquisition of Noun Plurals, Vienna University, 10-11 FebruaryOrganizer and chief researcher, Workshop on the Early Acquisition of Adjectives. Vienna University, 12 February.

2009 Semantic facets of compound acquisition (with Avital Brukman). Israeli Linguistic Society, Bar Ilan University, February 17.

2009 Language development and low SES. Invited talk. Speech / language pathologists' 2009 conference, February 18.

2009 Panel participant and workshop leader (with T. Dreyfus) on academic paper writing. Ahva College conference on academic paper writing, March 2.

2009 Spelling development. Invited talk, Cost-Action meeting, Linguistics dept., Barcelona University, April 6.

2009 The language of children's preschool science books. Invited talk, Be'er Sheva (Tel Aviv University – RAMOT and Ministry of Education), May 4.

2009 Leader, workshop on early input to children from low SES (28 May), and workshop on early adjective acquisition (29 May), Vienna University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

2009 Morphological analysis in learning to read pseudowords in Hebrew (with A. Bar-On, 25 June)

2009 Agreement marking in developmental dyslexia: The effect of morphological and syntactic factors (with R. Schiff, 26 June), SSSR Conference, Boston University

2009 Organizer and leader, international workshop on the role of linguistic input in low SES environments, 8 July 2009; Organizer and leader, international workshop on on early adjective acquisition, 9-10 July 2009, Tel Aviv University

2009 Session leader and talk on Psycholinguistic theory of spelling acquisition, Oryanut Ve-Safa (Script) conference, 3-4 September, Neve Ilan

2009 Leader, workshop on early input to children from low SES (10 September), and workshop on early adjective acquisition (11 September), Vienna University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

2009 Acquisition of noun plurals in Yiddish (with N. Abugov). 3rd International Symposium on Communication Disorders in Multilingual Populations 6-8 November 2009, Agros- Cyprus

2009 Leader, workshop on early input to children from low SES (17 December), and workshop on early adjective acquisition (17 December), Antwerp University, Belgium

2010 Mental verbs in Hebrew acquisition, Haifa University workshop on psycholinguistics, 4 January

2010 Adjective agreement in compounding contexts: normally reading and dyslexic students (with R. Schiff). Hebrew – a Living Language conference, Oranim, February 1

2010 New psycholinguistic research on Arabic; the psycholinguistics of spelling – 2 invited talks, Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Speech-Language Pathologists, February 3

2010 Acquisition of Passive constructions (with L. Vered), Israeli Branch of the European Linguistic Society, Haifa University, 8 February

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2010 Leader, workshop on early input to children from low SES (10 February), and workshop on early adjective acquisition (11 February), General workshop on early morphological acquisition (12 February), Vienna University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

2010 Leader, workshop on early adjective acquisition (14-15 April), workshop on input to children from low SES (16-17 April, Vienna University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

2010 Talk presented at workshop on Challenges to Arabic Literacy, Haifa University, Dept of Learning Disabilities, May 2

2010 Syntactic processing in dyslexic students. Talk presented at the Psychology Dept Colloquium, Brighton University in Sussex, May 27

2010 Child Language Seminar, 2 talks and poster (adjective processing in developmental dyslexia, morpho-lexical acquisition in CI children – Hebrew and Dutch, The first year of adjectives), University of London, 23-25 June

2010 Organizer, 2 symposia (morphological processing and spelling acquisition), presenting 2 papers, SSSR (Society for the Scientific Study of Reading) conference, Berlin, July 7-10

2010 Morphological abilities in Hebrew-speaking children from different SES backgrounds. Bangor University, Bilingualism Center, August 23.

2010 Talk presented at Units of Language – Units of Writing, 7th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy, September 30th –October 1st, Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne (with A. Bar-On).

2010 Principles of writing evaluation, CET center, 20 September2010 Leader, workshop on motion verbs (8 December), and workshop on

early adjective acquisition (9 December), workshop on plural acquisition (19 December), Vienna University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

2011 Leader, workshop on motion verbs (16 February), and workshop on early adjective acquisition (17 February), General workshop on early morphological acquisition (18-19 February), Vienna University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

2011 Workshop on plural acquisition, 9 March, University of Antwerp2011 Invited presentation, Advisory Board of Yad Hanadiv, Mishkenot

Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, 28 March2011 Invited presentation, Spring Script conference, Haifa University,

School of Education, Dept of Learning Disabilities, 22 May2011 Keynote presentation, annual Script conference, 6 July 2011 Invited talk, Discourse Coherence group, Linguistics Dept, Utrech

University, Holland, 21 June2011 5 talks in 5 different symposia (also with N. Abugov, O. Herzberg, R.

Schiff, I. Leibovitch & R. Berman), 12th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), July 19-23, 2011

2011 Workshop on root learning and zero conversion at Konstanz University, 23-24 August, 2011

2011 Workshop on motion verbs and noun plurals at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 16 & 22 September

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2011 Invited talk, Friends of Tel Aviv University, Vienna University, 21 September 2011

2011 Invited talk, ACROLT, Tel Aviv University, 6 November 20112011 Keynote address, Steering Committee of Standards Project, CET, 9

November 20112011 2 invited talks, The Development of Language and Communication in

the Early Years’ Settings. Workshop at the Hebrew University Research Institute for Innovation in Education, November 13-14.

2011 Plenary talk, Linguistic and psycholinguistic approaches to text structuring. Conference in Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, 15-19 November.

2012 Invited talk, department colloquium, Hebrew language department, Bar Ilan University, 10 January 2012

2012 Invited talk, Cognitive Seminar, Psychology department, Hebrew University, 22 January 2012

2012 3 talks, Vienna morphology meeting and related workshops, Vienna University, 9-13 February

2012 Talk at Israeli linguistic circle, the David Yellin College, Jerusalem, 21 February

2012 Invited talk, Linguistics Seminar, Linguistics department, Bar-Ilan University, 27 March

2012 Invited talk, Writing Systems workshop, Haifa University, 16-17 April2012 Invited talk, Ministry of Education meeting on syntax in education,

Levinsky Teachers' College, May 102012 Invited talk, Second Language Acquisition: from Brain Plasticity to

Cognition Conference, Hebrew University and the Israel Science Foundation, 15-17 May

2012 Session on psycholinguistic development, annual Script conference, Kiryat Ono Academic Center, 6 July

2012 2 talks, SSSR conference, Montreal 11-14 July2012 Invited keynote talk, Academic writing in a changing world - Second

international conference on academic writing, MOFET, The Institute of Research, Curriculum and Program Development for Teacher Education, August 1

2012 Invited talk, Narrative, Intervention and Literacy: Development of oral narratives, intervention procedures and reading comprehension, University Paris Descartes – CNRS, September, 6-7

2012 Talk, 8th International workshop on writing systems and literacy. Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, 4-5 October

2012 Invited talk, Forum on Academic Writing, MOFET Institute, Tel Aviv, 9 December

2012 Invited talk, Study Day on Writing Development, Initiative on Applied Education Research and the Israeli Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem, 20 December

2012 Talk, Colloque International Early Language Acquisition, Lyon, France, 5-7 December.

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2013 Invited talk, Pre- and proto-morphology meeting, University of Vienna, 21-22 February

2013 Colloquium talk, linguistics department, Hebrew University, 12 March2013 Invited talk, Institute for Jewish Studies (IJS), Antwerp University,

Belgium, 18 April2013 Invited speaker, International conference on reading comprehension,

Bar Ilan University, 28 April 2013 invited consultant at workshop on language development in low SES

environments, Vienna University, 3 May2013 Invited keynote speaker, study day on developing skills in reading and

writing, Faculty of Education, Hakibbutzim Teachers' College, 12 May2013 Invited keynote speaker (2 talks), study day, The Israeli Initiative for

Research in Education, 21 May2013 Talk, Child language seminar, Manchester University, 23-24 June2013 Invited symposium organizer and speaker, Variation within and across

Jewish languages, Institute for Jewish Studies (IJS), Antwerp University, Belgium, 26-28 June

2013 Talk, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Hong Kong University, 10-13 July

2013 Talk, Conference of the acquisition of referring expressions (AERef), Paris, BULAC - Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations, 25-26 October.

2013 Invited keynote speaker, international workshop on the Acquisition of Adjectives across Languages. Utrecht University, November 28-29

2013 Invited talk, study day in memorial of Professor Iris Levin. Tel Aviv University, 1 December

2014 Invited talk, Open University study day University, 15 January2014 Input-output workshop, Antwerp University, 10-14 February2014 3 invited talks, Pre- and proto-morphology meeting, University of

Vienna, 20-21 February2014 Invited colloquium talk, Hebrew language department, Hebrew

University, 9 March2014 Talk, Israeli Linguistic Society meeting, 18 March2014 Talk, GURT conference on Usage-based approaches to language. March

14-16, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

2014 Invited consultant at workshop on language development in low SES environments, Vienna University, 15-16 May

2014 Invited talk, Friends of TAU, Vienna University, 15 May2014 Talk, Literacy and Language conference, Haifa University, 3 July2014 Talk, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Santa Fe University,

14-19 July2014 Conference organizer and 2 talks, “The Stuff Words are Made of”: An

International Conference on the Cross-linguistic Comparison of Indo-Germanic and Semitic Languages. July 21-23.

2014 Summer school course, 2nd interdisciplinary summer school on words: structure, meaning, acquisition, processing. Trondheim University (Norway), 4-9 August.

2014 Talk, SIG Writing, University of Amsterdam, 27-29 August.

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E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Grants1994-1995 School of Education, Tel Aviv University

Research grant (with I. Levin), $4,000 Levin and Ravid Joint PIs1995-1996 Mofet Institute

Research grant (with Y. Shlesinger), IS 26,000 Shlesinger and Ravid joint PIs

1995-1997 Chief Scientist, Ministry of Education Research grant (with I. Levin), $40,000Levin and Ravid Joint PIs

1996-1998 Israel Science Foundation Research grant (with R. Berman), $30,000Berman and Ravid Joint PIs

1997-2000 Spencer Foundation international research project Research grant to Ruth A. Berman, $500,000 (Ravid Israeli PI)

1998-2000 Ford Foundation Research Grant (with I. Levin), $24,000Levin and Ravid Joint PIs

2001-2002 Tel Aviv University Research Grant, $ 2,000

2001-2003 Chief Scientist, Ministry of Education Research Grant (with R. Berman) NIS 80,000Ravid and Berman joint PIs

2002-2004 Ford FoundationResearch Grant (with R. Berman), $ 20,000Berman and Ravid Joint PIs

2002-2003 NIH (USA)Research grant to Robert DeKeyser, Pittsburgh University, Israeli grant to Dorit Ravid $ 18,000

2003-2004 Research grant to Dorit Ravid, Wizcom company (Israel), $ 7,5002004-2007 Research grant to Dorit Ravid, Chief Scientist, Ministry of

Education, NIS 80,0002004-2007 Research grant to Ruth Berman and Dorit Ravid, BSF (Bi-

National Science Foundation), with Marilyn Nippold, University of Oregon, $36,000

2005 - 2008 Research grant to Dorit Ravid, Israel Science Foundation, 138,000 NIS x 3 years

2006 -2007 Research grant to Dorit Ravid and Dafna Kaplan, Israeli Libraries Center, 30,000 NIS

2008-2011 Research grant to Rachel Schiff and Dorit Ravid, Israel Science Foundation, 132,000 NIS x 3 years

2009-2010 Research grant to Eva Smolka and Dorit Ravid, Lion Foundation, grant number LF 224/10; 2000$ for the year 2010.

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2009-2010 Special Tel Aviv University grant to Dorit Ravid, 14,000 NIS2010-2012 Research grant to Dorit Ravid, Israel Science Foundation,

133,000 NIS X 3 years2011-2013 Research grant to Dorit Ravid and Rachel Schiff, Chief

Scientist, Ministry of Education, 80,000 NIS, 2 years2011-2012 Research grant to Dorit Ravid, Yad Hanadiv, 1,730,000 NIS2013-2015 Research grant to Dorit Ravid. Chief Scientist, Ministry of

Education, 200,000 NIS, 2 years2013-2017 Research grant to Dorit Ravid, Israel Science Foundation,

136,000 NIS X 4 years

Awards and distinctions International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL),

Israeli officer, Executive Committee, 1999-2005 International Jury for the Selection of the Francqui Human Science

Prize (Belgian prize for young scientists). Brussels, Hotel Le Meridien, 17 April, 2004

Vice-chair, Script organization, 2002-2005 International Francqui Chair in the Humanities 2005, Francqui

Foundation, University of Antwerp International Research Board, the Center for Language Acquisition at

the University of Southern Denmark, 2005- Chair, Israeli Organization for Literacy and Language (Script), 2005-

2009 Overseas behavioral scientist nominee, British Psychological

Society, April 2006 Visiting Scholar, ERASMUS Program in Clinical Linguistics, Potsdam

University, Berlin, June-July 2008 Visiting Researcher award , University of Bangor, Wales ESRC Centre

for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice President, Israeli Linguistic Society, 2010- Vice-President, International Association for the Study of Child

Language, 2011-2014 Member of Academie Europea, 2011-

F. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND POSITIONS

1995 Editorial Board, Chelkat Lashon - the Israeli bulletin for the study of literacy and Hebrew language teaching

1997- Editorial Board, Hebrew Linguistics1998- SCRIPT executive committee 1998- Advisory Board, PSiCL - Poznan Studies in Contemporary

Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland2000- Editorial Board, Benjamin book series on written language and

literacy, The Netherlands2000- SCRIPT journal, editorial board2003 - SCRIPT conference co-chair

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2004- Linguistics Associate Editor, Written Language and Literacy2004- Literacy Associate Editor, Megamot2005-2009 Chair, Language and Literacy (SCRIPT) executive committee2005- Editorial Board, Reading and Writing, Annals of Dyslexia2010- Editorial Board, Child Development Research2012- Editorial Board, First Language

REVIEWERJournalsIsrael: Chelkat Lashon, Hebrew Linguistics, Megamot, Script, Literacy

and Language International: Annals of Dyslexia, Applied Cognitive Psychology,

Applied Linguistics, Applied Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Development, Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, Discourse Processes, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Child Language, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Journal of Research in Reading, First Language, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Language, Language and Cognitive Processes, Language Learning, Language Sciences, Variation and Change, Linguistics, Morphology, Neurocase, Pragmatics & Cognition, Reading and Writing, Reading Research Quarterly, Written Language and Literacy

Granting InstitutesIsrael: Israel Science Foundation; Chief Scientist, Ministry of

Education; Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science; Ministry of Health; Karnot Mechkar Foundation (Ford); Center for Converging Sciences & Technologies (BINCA), Hebrew University, Yad Hanadiv.

International: Belgium Science Foundation; COST Action “ERN-LWE”; NIH, USA.

Public Service1995-2000 Member, Committee writing the new Hebrew Gradeschool Curriculum2001-2005 Member, Levin Committee on Preschool Literacy Curriculum2005-2006 Member, MALAG (Council for Higher Education) committee for

the examination of Haifa University's Communications Disorders Program

2005- Chair, MALAG (Council for Higher Education) committee for the examination of the Open University request to open a Learning Disabilities Program

2005- Member, TIMSS and PISA Steering Committees2005-2007 Chair, PIRLS Steering Committee2006- Member, Advisory Board on Preschool-3rd Grade: Diagnosis,

Measurement and Assessment, Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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2009 Chair, Steering committee on the construction of the AMIT test for junior highschoolers, RAMA [National Authority for Research and Assessment]

2009 Member of PIRLS steering committee, in charge of quality control of Hebrew-English translations, RAMA [National Authority for Research and Assessment]

2010 Chair, PIRLS Steering committee, RAMA [National Authority for Research and Assessment]

2010 Member, committee following the implementation of the MA in learning disabilities at the School of Education, Tel Aviv

2010 Chair, MALAG committee examining the request by Sachnin College to set up a BA program in Education

2011 Chair, MALAG committee examining the request by Emuna College to set up a BA program in Education

2011-2012 Head, Yad Hanadiv project for the development of national standards for assessing 7th grade writing

2012-13 Chair, 3 MALAG committees examining the request by 3 Colleges to set up an MA program in Learning Disabilities

2013 Founding committee, Zarkor school

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G. MA AND DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Doctoral Students – Dissertations completed

2002 Shalom, TsilaThe language of Hebrew language textbooks (supervised with Y. Shlesinger), Bar Ilan University

2006 Alfi-Shabtay, IrisHebrew as a second language in Russian speakers, School of

Education, TAU2008 Kaplan, Dafna

Text comprehension and language skills in later language acquisition (with R. Berman); School of Education, TAU

2010 Avivi Ben-Zvi, Galit Lexical and morphological development in gradeschool,

School of Education,TAU

2010 Herzberg, OrlyThe development of early language in children with cochlear implants (with S. Gillis, Antwerp University), School of Education, TAU

2010 Bar-On, Amalia Learning to read nonvocalized texts in gradeschool, School of Education, TAU.

2012 Makai, EstherLanguage skills in stutterers: a developmental study; School of Education, TAU

2011 Abugov, Netta Acquisition of noun plurals in Ultra-Orthodox Yiddish. School of Education, TAU

2012 Levie, RonitThe development of word formation skills in SLI and low-SES

children andadolescents, School of Education, TAU

Doctoral Students – Dissertations in progress2005- Hora, Anat

Children's naïve theories about language and language acquisition. School of Education, TAU, Proposal approved

2007- Ashkenazi, Orit Emergence of verbs in Hebrew. School of Education, TAU,

Proposal approved2010 Efrat Raz

Development of binyan functions in text production. School of Education, TAU. Proposal approved

2010 Topaz EgozMental discourse in later language development. School of Education, TAU. Proposal approved

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2010 Leah HaimDevelopment of writing in children with differing language skills. School of Education, TAU. Proposal submitted

2011 Fadi Kanaan. Qualifying thesis in preparation for a doctoral dissertation. Reading Comprehension in Arabic. School of Education, TAU. Thesis submitted.

2012 Osnat Kandelshein. Verbs in school children's peertalk. School of Education, TAU.

2012 Anat Glucker. Meaning and structure in Hebrew roots: A priming study. Graduate School of Medicine, TAU.

2012 Sheva Shalmon. Acquisition of prepositions in early childhood. School of Education, TAU.

2013 Ronit Nayditz-Rosen. Prepositions in journey narration. School of Education, TAU.

2013 Fadi Kanaan. The development of Arabic narration. School of Education, TAU.

MA Students – Theses completed

1995 Neumann, EinatThe development of the ability to provide definitions (project), Department of Communications DisordersLevie, RonitAdjective formation in SLI compared with non-impaired gradeschoolers (project), Department of Communications DisordersAvivi Ben-Zvi, GalitNoun formation in SLI compared with non-impaired

gradeschoolers(project), The Department of Communications Disorders

1996 Avidor, AvrahamThe acquisition of derived nominals in Hebrew-speaking children and adolescents, School of Education Ashkenazi, OritThe development of linguistic humor in children and adolescents, Department of Communications DisordersHanna ZelcerFirst grade teachers’ thinking about written language as subject matter and about children’s knowledge of written language (with S. Strauss), School of Education

1997 Magen , NicoleRelations between teachers’ subject matter knowledge, teaching experience and their mental models of children’s minds and learning (with S. Strauss), School of Education

Adina MalenkiThe development of morphological awareness, School of

EducationNir, Michal

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Acquisition of Hebrew adjectives, Department of Communications Disorders

Segal, DaliaPsycholinguistic and literacy factors in the use of a Hebrew morpho-phonological rule, School of EducationLev, BrachaErrors in Hebrew as L2: research in two language backgrounds, School of EducationRapaport, SharonThe relationship between the development of spoken morphology and writing in kindergarten and in first grade, Department of Communications Disorders (with I. Levin)

1998 Deutsch, EdnaThe effect of early reading instruction on phonological, morphological, reading and writing abilities, Department of Communications Disorders (with I. Levin)Ze’elon, RachelAdaptation processes in the language usage of native speakers of Hebrew aged 8-10 in conversation with same-age Hebrew learners, School of Education (with E. Olshtain)Zilberbuch, ShoshanaTwo types of compounds in spoken and written biographical and descriptive texts of gradeschoolers, highschoolers and adults, compared with encyclopedic texts, School of Education

1999 Alfi-Shabtay, IrisKnowledge of passive structures in native and non-native English teachers, School of EducationCohen, SagitNarratives and scripts in deaf and hearing children, Department of Communications Disorders (with T. Most)Haim, OrlyIn-action models of English teachers’ subject matter knowledge, School of Education (with S. Strauss)

2000 Sabban, RonitThe development of syntactic and metasyntactic skills in children and adolescents, Department of Communications DisordersKubi, EdnaNatural and deliberate spelling errors in development, Department of Communications DisordersBar-On, AmalyaRoot perception in a developmental perspective, Department of Communications DisordersSideman, OrlyMorphological and phonological perception and the development of writing from kindergarten to first grade, Department of Communications DisordersGeiger, Vital

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Intervention program to promote morphological awareness in 4th graders, Department of Communications DisordersDoron, DanaAcquisition of conditional structures in preschoolers, Department of Communications Disorders

2001 Oren, ShacharWhat is a spelling error in Arabic? A developmental perspective, School of EducationAppel-Mashraki, Yael Prosodic reading, text comprehension and linguistic aptitude in 4th graders, School of EducationYagev, IritLanguage skills in cleft-palate and healthy children, Department of Communications Disorders (with Y. Finkelstein)Westreich, Rachel Planned and unplanned conversation in adolescents, Department of Communications Disorders (with E. Olshtain)Farah, RolaThe development of noun plurals in Palestinian Arabic: A longitudinal case study, Department of Communications DisordersDorfman, SigalPragmatic abilities in triads of preschoolers, Department of Communications DisordersJayussi, AymanIntervention in teaching English to Arab speakers: derivational morphology, School of EducationEhrlich, ShoshanaDeveloping writing abilities in junior highschoolers, School of Education

2002 Gold, RinatThe development of punctuation abilities in text production, Department of Communications DisordersSalzberger, SaraDeliberate spelling errors in native English-speaking students, School of EducationVered, TsufitNPs in children’s storybooks (project), Department of Communications DisordersGino, AngelaVPs in children’s storybooks (project), Department of Communications DisordersLevie, RonitAdjective formation in grades school (qualifying MA thesis

required fordoctoral studies), School of EducationAvivi Ben-Zvi, GalitMorphological knowledge in gradeschool children: the

category of

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Noun (qualifying MA thesis required for doctoral studies), School of EducationAbu-Nofel, HuneidaThe development of plural inflection in Arabic adjectives: An experimental study, Department of Communications DisordersHellman, EtsionaArabic L2 text production in Hebrew speakers: A comparative study of modality and expertise, School of EducationShalmon, ShevaText production abilities in children from low-SES: A developmental study, Department of Communications DisordersLapidot, SharonLanguage knowledge and spelling abilities in gradeschoolers with SLI: An experimental study, School of EducationSeroussi, BatyaLexical and morphological knowledge in later language acquisition: Deverbal nouns, Department of Communications Disorders

2003 Rabukhin, LinaText production abilities in bilingual Hebrew-Russian children:

Adevelopmental study, Department of Communications

DisordersZilberman, Liat The adjective category in narrative texts: A developmental study of later language acquisition, Cognitive Studies Program.Haimowitz, SaritWritten vowel and consonant representation in preschoolers

compared withfirst graders, (project), Department of Communications Disorders.Kave, MayaLearning to write L2 English: The dense method, School of

EducationStiassni, NogaLanguage abilities in gradeschoolers with APD compared with their healthy peers, Department of Communications Disorders (with M. Hildesheimer)

2004 Askaslasi, NatalieVowel representation in written text production: A developmental study. Cognitive Studies ProgramNahum, TmiraNarrative abilities in children and adolescents with head injuries, Department of Communications DisordersAbu Salem, RawanThe development of narratives in Palestinian Arabic, The Department of Communications Disorders

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Farah, AfnanThe development of expositories in Palestinian Arabic, Department of Communications DisordersGinat, GalitLinguistic characteristics of “Poor Readers” in English as L2. School of Education.

2005 Herrmann, MichalVowel representation in kindergarten and the early school years; Cognitive Studies ProgramZarif, SariNarratives in typically-developing and SLI gradeschoolers from two SES backgrounds; Cognitive Studies ProgramLavi, YisraelaMorphological intervention in gradeschool children with special needs; Cognitive Studies Program

2006 Rachmut, EllaDirect and indirect speech in gradeschool discourse. Department of Communications DisordersLandau, HadassPassive constructions in story re-telling: A developmental study, Department of Communications DisordersTwik, AdeeLanguage skills in preschool children with cochlear implants, Department of Communications DisordersSa’ad, SireenVerbs in early spontaneous Palestinian Arabic, Department of Communications DisordersSalzberg, EfratAcquisition of verb morphology in preschoolers. Department of Communications DisordersAbugov, NettaHebrew L2 knowledge in narratives written by Yiddish-speaking ultra-orthodox gradeschool girls in Jerusalem, School of EducationFainaru, RitaAccommodation tools for English L2 learners, School of

EducationHamud, AhmedPerception of final vowels in written Arabic by native speakers, School of Education

2007 Biton, OrlyLanguage knowledge in adults with Multiple Sclerosis. Department of Communications DisordersYig’al, MiriWord segmentation and success in English L2 in gradeschoolers, School of EducationKotler, OsnatArithmetic knowledge, verbal skills and expository writing in gradeschoolers; School of Education (with E. Dromi)

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Lavie, NaamaThe development of noun plurals. Department of

Communications DisordersSakran, Marlene Intervention in Arabic kindergartens, phonological awareness; Department of Communications Disorders

2008 Jamaliye, HananIntervention in Arabic kindergartens, letter knowledge; Department of Communications DisordersMansur, JacquelineIntervention in Arabic kindergartens, morphological awareness; Department of Communications DisordersFreud, TalMorphology and spelling in hearing-impaired gradeschoolers. Department of Communications Disorders (with T. Most)Brukman, AvitalHebrew compounds in acquisition. Department of

Communications DisordersAllalouf, OrlyTemporality and argument structure in acquisition. Cognitive Studies ProgramVered, LizzyPassive voice across childhood and adolescence. School of

Education.Mukades, AyalaDevelopment of morpho-phonological skills in a religious context. Department of Communications Disorders

2009 Ishaq, RozanaEmergence of linguistic complexity in child Arabic. Department of Communications DisordersNasser, SuheirNarrative development in Arabic, story book pictures. Department of Communications DisordersNaoum, DinaNarrative development in Arabic, story re-telling. Department of Communications DisordersSaif, MahaAcquisition of bound morphology in early child Arabic. Department of Communications DisordersZwilling, HelliDevelopment of noun plurals in peer-talk context. Cognitive Studies Program

2010

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Egoz, TopazAcquisition of mental / cognitive verbs. Department of Communications Disorders.Haim, LeahMorphological skills in preschoolers with SLI vs normally developing peers. Department of Communications Disorders.Dank, ShlomitLanguage development in children with cerebral palsy: A study in kindergartners and second graders. The Department of Communications DisordersBinyamin, RinatPlural adjective agreement in different syntactic environments. Department of Communications Disorders.David, MichalLanguage skills in adults with TBI. Department of Communications Disorders.

2011Zimmerman Tlalim, AnaelChild Directed Speech in a low SES environment. Department of Communications Disorders. (with R. Berman)Ben Simon, HadasThe development of diminutives in Hebrew. Department of Communications Disorders.Zadik, KerenMotion verbs in child English. School of Education.Herz-Galron, Anat Adjective agreement in developmental dyslexia. Department of Communications Disorders.

2012Yakobi, HadasPlural adjective agreement compound NPs. Department of Communications Disorders.Glucker, AnatExplicit priming of Hebrew roots in verbs. Department of Communications Disorders (transferred to direct doctoral path)

2013Leibovitch, irisEmergence of the category of adjectives in toddlers. Department of Communications Disorders.Negrano, MoranAcquisition of resultative passives. Department of Communications Disorders.Peleg, ShanyMaternal input to infants from low SES. Department of Communications Disorders.Gwarel, Hadar Verba dicendi. Department of Communications Disorders

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Schloussberg, ShiraDiscerning absurd humor in adults with attention deficits. Cognitive Studies ProgramTsabar-Assulin, NoaCompounding in children's peer talk (final project). Department of Communications Disorders

2014 Peleg, OfraMaternal input to infants. Department of Communications Disorders.

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MA theses in progress

Scheffer, MichalLearning to spell root letters. Department of Communications Disorders.Hershkovitz, LiatNarrative development in the school years. Department of Communications DisordersSabag Duani, OdeliaLexical development in the school years: Adjectives. Department of Communications DisordersBerger, Tsofit Motion verbs. Department of Communications DisordersHar Zahav Chen-Djemal, YehuditSpoken and written narratives in adults. Department of Communications DisordersBrandeis, GiladAdverbial prepositional phrases in development. Department of Communications DisordersHar, EdenInhibition processes in recognizing secondary roots: A study in dyslexic and normally reading adults. School of EducationRivlin, AdiLanguage abilities in Haredi preschoolers compared to secular peers. Department of Communications DisordersReiss, NoamIntervention in kindergarten children's comprehension of stories. Department of Communications DisordersZohar, MeravDual plurals in children’s peer talk. Department of Communications DisordersGrunwald, TehilaRoot spelling in textbooks. School of EducationElbaz, LironGrammatical subjects in children’s peer talk. Department of Communications DisordersReuven, RutiAdjectives in experimental elicitation. Department of Communications DisordersShlomi, AnatSpoken and written narration in adults: a new perspective. Department of Communications DisordersEitan, ShirleyVerb roots in children’s peer talk. Department of Communications DisordersDoron, NadavPromoting morphological knowledge through speed reading. School of Education