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Syntax Functions and Reading Comprehension in Arabic Orthography
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Abu-Rabia, Salim – Reading Psychology, 2021
The Arabic writing system allows for two representations: vowelized or non-vowelized. The vowelized writing, which characterizes the writing in the Koran, classical literature and children's books, includes the long and short vowels and all the vowels, including the vowels that express syntax functions (the final vowels). In non-vowelized writing,…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Written Language, Vowels, Syntax
The Impact of Social Media in the Sociolinguistic Practices of the Peripheral Post-Socialist Contexts
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Tankosic, Ana; Dovchin, Sender – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
This article examines the impact of social media on the linguistic and communicative practices in post-socialist countries, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Mongolia -- the contexts very much under-represented in the discussion of translingualism. Relocalisation of social media-based linguistic resources in the languages used in these…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Social Change, Social Systems, Grammar
Reading and Writing Relations Are Not Uniform: They Differ by the Linguistic Grain Size, Developmental Phase, and Measurement
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Young-Suk Grace Kim; Alissa Wolters; Joong won Lee – Review of Educational Research, 2024
We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate reading-writing relations. Beyond the overall relation, we systematically investigated moderation of the relation as a function of linguistic grain size (word reading and spelling versus reading comprehension and written composition), measurement of reading comprehension (e.g., multiple choice,…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Spelling, Age Differences
Early Predictors for Reading Comprehension Difficulties among Israeli Arabic-Native-Speaking Pupils in Fourth Grade
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Makhoul, Bahaa' Afiff – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
The current study followed literacy skills development amongst 79 Arabic native speaking pupils from kindergarten to fourth grade. Based on reading comprehension attainments in fourth grade, two groups of skilled and poor readers were identified. Poor readers showed significantly lower performance on measures of phonological and morphological…
Descriptors: Arabic, Native Speakers, Grade 4, Reading Comprehension
Reading and Writing Relations Are Not Uniform: They Differ by the Linguistic Grain Size, Developmental Phase, and Measurement
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Young-Suk Grace Kim; Alissa Wolters; Joong won Lee – Grantee Submission, 2023
We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate reading-writing relations. Beyond the overall relation, we systematically investigated moderation of the relation as a function of linguistic grain size (word reading and spelling versus reading comprehension and written composition), measurement of reading comprehension (e.g., multiple choice,…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Spelling, Age Differences
Error Analyses and the Cognitive or Linguistic Influences on Children's Spelling: Comparisons between First-and Second-Language Learners
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Harrison, Gina L. – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
A collection of cognitive, linguistic, and spelling measures were administered to third-grade English L1 and L2 learners. To capture formative assessments of children's developing mental graphemic representations (MGRs), spelling errors in isolation were subjected to analysis across three metrics: (1) Phonological constrained; (2)…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Scoring, Spelling, Oral Language