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Direct linkNatalia V. Rakhlin; Nan Li; Abdullah Aljughaiman; Elena L. Grigorenko – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: We investigated the role of spoken language in the acquisition of literacy in the context of Arabic diglossia, where the written language, Standard Arabic, deviates substantially from the spoken language, Colloquial Arabic, children acquire naturally from birth. Method: The participants (N = 110; 40 girls) were Saudi Arabic--speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3
Brenda Aromu Wawire; Gorrety Nafula Wawire; Francis Kiroro – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
This research explores structural relations among the component skills of reading comprehension in Kiswahili. Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between socio-economic status, home and school language use, and home literacy environment with Kiswahili reading outcomes. The study utilized secondary data from the baseline Tusome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Reading Comprehension, Socioeconomic Status
Athanasiades, Harris – History of Education, 2015
Greek historiography of interwar education policy unproblematically accepts the assumption that the bone of contention between the "Liberal demoticists" and the "Conservative purists" was the language issue; particularly whether "demotic" or "katharevousa" should be the language of instruction in schooling.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Historiography, Educational Attitudes
Holdway, Jennifer, Ed.; Wilson, Brittany, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2014
The theme for this year's College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa was "Engaged Language Research and Practice," with the plenary speech given by Dr. Kathryn A. Davis. Following a preface from the editors and plenary speaker highlights, contents of these proceedings include: Section I:…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), American Indian Languages, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
Download full textMickelson, Norma I. – 1975
In order to achieve literacy, children must have mastered the decoding and encoding processes of the language of instruction. Usually this has been accomplished long before the child enters school. However, if the child's language is atypical for any reason, such as cultural or linguistic factors, then the acquisition of literacy requires a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Language Usage
Shuy, Roqer W. – 1981
The study of the varieties of language usage in social contexts can made a significant contribution to general welfare if judgments of people's language are unshackled from right-wrong presuppositions and a dispassionate approach is taken to relating their language to the situations they must deal with in the course of their lives. An…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Code Switching (Language), Elementary Education, Language Usage
Peer reviewedGentry, J. Richard – Reading World, 1983
Presents a series of 10 true-false statements pertaining to dialect, then discusses the correct answers. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Harber, Jean R., Comp. – 1976
Much research and writing has been carried out in recent years in an attempt to account for and eliminate, or at least minimize, the poor performance of many Black, lower-socioeconomic status, urban children in our schools. This annotated bibliography lists articles, books, and papers that explore the theoretical frameworks employed to describe…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects, Disadvantaged Youth, English
White, Sheila J., Ed.; Teller, Virginia, Ed. – 1984
That the attainment of literacy does not represent a unitary process or a unitary set of skills is reflected in this collection of papers from a variety of disciplines showing concerns about reading problems. Following an introduction by Sheila White, the first half of the book contains the following articles: "The Practice of Literacy: Where Mind…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Language Variation
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics
