2013
DOI: 10.4236/ce.2013.45046
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Beginning Readers in Arabic and the Distance between Literary and Spoken Arabic

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Two groups of kindergarten children received a battery of phonological awareness, reading, and general abilities tests across a two-year period. One of the groups received phonological training whereas the other (control) group did not. Results indicated that children who received intervention improved in certain phonological awareness skills tested at the end of kindergarten but no… Show more

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“…While Arabic letters represent consonants, vowels occur in print as a set of diacritical marks which facilitate reading accuracy. In un-vowelized Arabic, all diacritical marks are absent and vowel identity must be restored as an integral part of word identification (Ibrahim, 2013). Beginners need to read diacritic signs before developing a lexical strategy relying less and less on the diacritic system after three years of schooling.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While Arabic letters represent consonants, vowels occur in print as a set of diacritical marks which facilitate reading accuracy. In un-vowelized Arabic, all diacritical marks are absent and vowel identity must be restored as an integral part of word identification (Ibrahim, 2013). Beginners need to read diacritic signs before developing a lexical strategy relying less and less on the diacritic system after three years of schooling.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%