Victor Moin
Biographic Data
| ID | 782981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor Moin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor |
| FAMILY NAME | Moin |
| SIGNATURE | MOIN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Acquisition of Russian gender agreement by monolingual and bilingual children
Aim and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: The main goal of this study was to examine noun–adjective gender agreement in Russian by comparing bilingual children with diverse L2 backgrounds (English, Finnish, German, and Hebrew) with age-matched monolingual children and monolinguals one year younger. This comparison was made to investigate the influence of L2 grammar on the acquisition of gender agreement by (L1) Russian-speaking children. Des…
The Effect of a Community Project on Sense of Community among Social Work Students: An Exploratory Evaluative Study
This article evaluates the effect of a community project that was adopted by the students of a school of social work in Israel. A quasi-experimental pretest–posttest design was used. The pretest was administered during the planning stage of the project and the posttest a year later, during the implementation period. The findings show a significant positive effect of the project on sense of community among the students. This effect was moderated b…
Lexical knowledge development in the first and second languages among language-minority children: The role of bilingual versus monolingual preschool education
This study focused on the role of bilingual versus monolingual preschool education in the development of lexical knowledge in Russian (L1) and Hebrew (L2) among second-generation Russian-Hebrew speaking immigrants in Israel. The study was designed as a longitudinal and comparative study. The lexical knowledge of children was measured three times during the education year. Thirty-two Russian-Hebrew speaking bilinguals (around age three) were selec…
Parents' assessment of their preschool children's bilingual development in the context of family language policy
Parents' assessment of children's development in the first and the second language is an essential part of their family language policy (FLP) and an important component of parent–child communication. This paper presents a pilot study focused on Russian-speaking immigrant parents' assessment of their children's language knowledge in Russian as a first language and Hebrew as the second language in the context of their FLP. The research questions we…
Parents' Discourses About Language Strategies for Their Children's Preschool Bilingual Development
The study focused on immigrant parents' discourses about strategies for their children's preschool bilingual development and education. The article investigated how immigrant parents described and explained these strategies. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 4 families. The 8 parents were Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union. Analysis of the data showed that all the parents desired their children…
Teachers’ views on organizational and pedagogical approaches to early bilingual education: A case study of bilingual kindergartens in Germany and Israel
Immigrant Parents' Choice of a Bilingual Versus Monolingual Kindergarten for Second-Generation Children: Motives, Attitudes, and Factors
This study investigated how immigrant parents describe and explain their family language policy concerning their child's preschool bilingual development, and also explored the factors linked to the parents' choice of bilingual or monolingual kindergarten for their child. The study design was based on a comparison of 2 groups of parents: those who chose bilingual versus monolingual kindergartens. The research model consisted of 3 groups of variabl…
The Hidden Dropout Phenomenon among Immigrant High-School Students: The Case of Ethiopian Adolescents in Israel — A Pilot Study
The high school dropout rate among immigrant students has become a serious problem in many places around the world. Hidden dropout or irregular school attendance may be the first stage of school dropout. This article examines the hidden dropout phenomenon among Ethiopian immigrant adolescents aged 14—18 in Israel, as a prototype of immigration from a traditional, rural society to a western one. Sixty irregular school attendees were compared with …
The Bipolarity of Adolescents' Feelings toward Their Parents with Various Illnesses and Disabilities
The study examined feelings toward parents among Israeli Jewish adolescents with disabled parents (research group, n = 182) and non-disabled parents (control group, n = 285). It also studied the relationship between the types of parental disability (chronic heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and blindness) and the adolescents' feelings toward their parents. Bipolarity, i.e., coexistence of positive and negative feelings toward parents, was found …
New Immigrants' Perceptions of Family Life in Origin and Host Cultures: In-group and Out-group Favoritism Effect
This paper explores the degree of congruency of new immigrants' opinions regarding family life among, the in-group (the Soviet Jewish family) and the out-group (the veteran Israeli family). Contradictory tendencies are described: the one attributes positive characteristics to the in-group, and the other tends to view the out-group more favorably. The present study examines the impact of different factors (sense of well-being and satisfaction with…
The Hidden Dropout Phenomenon among Immigrant High-School Students: The Case of Ethiopian Adolescents in Israel — A Pilot Study
The high school dropout rate among immigrant students has become a serious problem in many places around the world. Hidden dropout or irregular school attendance may be the first stage of school dropout. This article examines the hidden dropout phenomenon among Ethiopian immigrant adolescents aged 14—18 in Israel, as a prototype of immigration from a traditional, rural society to a western one. Sixty irregular school attendees were compared with …
Parents' Discourses About Language Strategies for Their Children's Preschool Bilingual Development
The study focused on immigrant parents' discourses about strategies for their children's preschool bilingual development and education. The article investigated how immigrant parents described and explained these strategies. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 4 families. The 8 parents were Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union. Analysis of the data showed that all the parents desired their children…
Parents' assessment of their preschool children's bilingual development in the context of family language policy
Parents' assessment of children's development in the first and the second language is an essential part of their family language policy (FLP) and an important component of parent–child communication. This paper presents a pilot study focused on Russian-speaking immigrant parents' assessment of their children's language knowledge in Russian as a first language and Hebrew as the second language in the context of their FLP. The research questions we…
New Immigrants' Perceptions of Family Life in Origin and Host Cultures: In-group and Out-group Favoritism Effect
This paper explores the degree of congruency of new immigrants' opinions regarding family life among, the in-group (the Soviet Jewish family) and the out-group (the veteran Israeli family). Contradictory tendencies are described: the one attributes positive characteristics to the in-group, and the other tends to view the out-group more favorably. The present study examines the impact of different factors (sense of well-being and satisfaction with…
The Effect of a Community Project on Sense of Community among Social Work Students: An Exploratory Evaluative Study
This article evaluates the effect of a community project that was adopted by the students of a school of social work in Israel. A quasi-experimental pretest–posttest design was used. The pretest was administered during the planning stage of the project and the posttest a year later, during the implementation period. The findings show a significant positive effect of the project on sense of community among the students. This effect was moderated b…
Teachers’ views on organizational and pedagogical approaches to early bilingual education: A case study of bilingual kindergartens in Germany and Israel
New Immigrants' Perceptions of Family Life in Origin and Host Cultures: In-group and Out-group Favoritism Effect
This paper explores the degree of congruency of new immigrants' opinions regarding family life among, the in-group (the Soviet Jewish family) and the out-group (the veteran Israeli family). Contradictory tendencies are described: the one attributes positive characteristics to the in-group, and the other tends to view the out-group more favorably. The present study examines the impact of different factors (sense of well-being and satisfaction with…
The Bipolarity of Adolescents' Feelings toward Their Parents with Various Illnesses and Disabilities
The study examined feelings toward parents among Israeli Jewish adolescents with disabled parents (research group, n = 182) and non-disabled parents (control group, n = 285). It also studied the relationship between the types of parental disability (chronic heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and blindness) and the adolescents' feelings toward their parents. Bipolarity, i.e., coexistence of positive and negative feelings toward parents, was found …
The Hidden Dropout Phenomenon among Immigrant High-School Students: The Case of Ethiopian Adolescents in Israel — A Pilot Study
The high school dropout rate among immigrant students has become a serious problem in many places around the world. Hidden dropout or irregular school attendance may be the first stage of school dropout. This article examines the hidden dropout phenomenon among Ethiopian immigrant adolescents aged 14—18 in Israel, as a prototype of immigration from a traditional, rural society to a western one. Sixty irregular school attendees were compared with …
Immigrant Parents' Choice of a Bilingual Versus Monolingual Kindergarten for Second-Generation Children: Motives, Attitudes, and Factors
This study investigated how immigrant parents describe and explain their family language policy concerning their child's preschool bilingual development, and also explored the factors linked to the parents' choice of bilingual or monolingual kindergarten for their child. The study design was based on a comparison of 2 groups of parents: those who chose bilingual versus monolingual kindergartens. The research model consisted of 3 groups of variabl…
Parents' Discourses About Language Strategies for Their Children's Preschool Bilingual Development
The study focused on immigrant parents' discourses about strategies for their children's preschool bilingual development and education. The article investigated how immigrant parents described and explained these strategies. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 4 families. The 8 parents were Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union. Analysis of the data showed that all the parents desired their children…
Teachers’ views on organizational and pedagogical approaches to early bilingual education: A case study of bilingual kindergartens in Germany and Israel
Lexical knowledge development in the first and second languages among language-minority children: The role of bilingual versus monolingual preschool education
This study focused on the role of bilingual versus monolingual preschool education in the development of lexical knowledge in Russian (L1) and Hebrew (L2) among second-generation Russian-Hebrew speaking immigrants in Israel. The study was designed as a longitudinal and comparative study. The lexical knowledge of children was measured three times during the education year. Thirty-two Russian-Hebrew speaking bilinguals (around age three) were selec…
Parents' assessment of their preschool children's bilingual development in the context of family language policy
Parents' assessment of children's development in the first and the second language is an essential part of their family language policy (FLP) and an important component of parent–child communication. This paper presents a pilot study focused on Russian-speaking immigrant parents' assessment of their children's language knowledge in Russian as a first language and Hebrew as the second language in the context of their FLP. The research questions we…
The Effect of a Community Project on Sense of Community among Social Work Students: An Exploratory Evaluative Study
This article evaluates the effect of a community project that was adopted by the students of a school of social work in Israel. A quasi-experimental pretest–posttest design was used. The pretest was administered during the planning stage of the project and the posttest a year later, during the implementation period. The findings show a significant positive effect of the project on sense of community among the students. This effect was moderated b…
Acquisition of Russian gender agreement by monolingual and bilingual children
Aim and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: The main goal of this study was to examine noun–adjective gender agreement in Russian by comparing bilingual children with diverse L2 backgrounds (English, Finnish, German, and Hebrew) with age-matched monolingual children and monolinguals one year younger. This comparison was made to investigate the influence of L2 grammar on the acquisition of gender agreement by (L1) Russian-speaking children. Des…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Hebrew (5 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Bilingual education (4 works)