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Direct linkSchwartz, Mila; Ibrahim, Raphiq; Kahn-Horwitz, Janina – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
The study aimed to examine the pedagogical implications of the "linguistic and orthographic proximity hypothesis." This hypothesis claims that the similarities and differences between first and additional languages and scripts help or hinder the acquisition of literacy in the novel language. In this study we examined the impact of Arabic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages
Schiff, Rachel; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Native Arabic speakers read in a language variety that is different from the one they use for everyday speech. The aim of the present study was: (1) to examine Spoken Arabic (SpA) and Standard Arabic (StA) voweled and unvoweled word reading among native-speaking sixth graders with developmental dyslexia; and (2) to determine whether SpA reading…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Reading Processes, Oral Language
Shahar-Yames, Daphna; Prior, Anat – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
We examined reading proficiency, focusing on fluency, in 56 Russian-speaking language minority (LM) students and 56 native Hebrew-speaking (NH) peers. Fifth-grade students completed measures of Hebrew reading accuracy and fluency from word to text level as well as phonological awareness (PA), RAN and vocabulary. LM students read single words less…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Language Minorities
