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Grain Size in Script and Teaching: Literacy Acquisition in Ge'ez and Latin
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Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun; Kurvers, Jeanne; Kroon, Sjaak – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
The study investigated reading in four African languages that use either syllabic Ge'ez (Tigrinya and Tigre languages) or alphabetic Latin scripts (Kunama and Saho). A sample of 385 Grade 1 children were given letter knowledge, word reading, and spelling tasks to investigate differences at the script and language levels. Results showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Reading Instruction, Syllables
Early Literacy in Arabic: An Intervention Study among Israeli Palestinian Kindergartners
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Levin, Iris; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor; Hende, Nareman; Ziv, Margalit – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
Arabic Literacy acquisition was studied among Israeli Palestinian low socioeconomic status kindergartners within the framework of an intervention study, implemented by teachers. On pretest, letter naming, alphabetic awareness, and phonological awareness were very low. Whereas the comparison group hardly progressed throughout the year, the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Intervention, Alphabets, Phonological Awareness