Reading error patterns prevailing in Arab Emirati first graders

Natour, Yaser; Darawsheh, Wesam; Sartawi, Abdelaziz; Marie, Basem A.; Efthymiou, Efthymia

doi:10.1080/2331186x.2016.1226459

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“…This data shows that UAM significantly agree that the common Arabic reading sub-skills are considered necessary for their Arabic ambitions. Several Arabic scholars have paid more attention on Arabic errors corrections for beginners (Natour, Darawsheh, Sartawi, Marie, Efthymiou, 2016). Source: (Kirembwe et al, 2022).…”

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The Role of ADDIE Analysis Phase in Arabic Module Design for Ugandan - Adults Muallaf (UAM)

Kirembwe,

Che Noh,

Ramlan

et al. 2023

UIJ

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This research investigated Arabic needs for Ugandan -Adults Muallaf (UAM ) using the first phase of ADDIE; Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate in favor of developing an Elementary Arabic Learning Module (EALM) for UAM. This research marked Step (i) out of ADDIE five steps of academic module development. It was meant to explore Arabic learning needs for UAM in order to identify the major aspects of the proposed EALM development. The study used a descriptive method with a purposive UAM sample size (n=40). The valid and reliable questionnaire of 5 Likert scales was used and the total reliability coefficient of which was ( r )=.984 for 128 items. The major results showed that UAM needed Arabic language for nine major purposes including religious, social, communication, education, business, self-satisfaction, diplomatic, security, and legal purposes. The general implication of the findings confirmed that UAM Arabic weakness was a reflection of weaknesses in their Arabic curriculum. The researchers recommended to consider thise finding in the process of building EALM for UAM with samples of lessons using elementary Arabic grammar, morphology, and Common Arabic Vocabularies (CAV)”.

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The Role of ADDIE Analysis Phase in Arabic Module Design for Ugandan - Adults Muallaf (UAM)

Kirembwe,

Che Noh,

Ramlan

et al. 2023

UIJ

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“…Recent Arabic language research with early grade readers show the complex interaction of language, knowledge, and visual issues of the Arabic script. Arabic reading first graders had a reading error rate of 23 percent in contrast to European first graders who had a zero percent error rate by the end of grade one (Natour et al, 2016;Seymour et al, 2003). This difference in error rates indicates the innate perceptual difficulties of Arabic and the challenge for students' working memory to interpret the meaning of Arabic text quickly and accurately (Abadzi, 2017).…”

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Perceptual Enhancement for Arabic Reading: An Intervention to Support Fluency and Automaticity in Grade One

Wilson¹,

Jeon²,

Cook³

et al. 2020

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This study, conducted in the United Arab Emirates, piloted a curriculum to increase early grade reading fluency. A curriculum with enhanced perceptual features, such as font size and spacing was used with grade one students in four schools to detect any significant difference in students’ reading speed and reading accuracy after one year. Three hundred forty-five grade one students participated in the pilot—174 in the intervention group and 171 in the control group (ds= 0.33 0.47). At the end of the year, students in the intervention group read more letters and words correctly on average in one minute (p < .01) and in an entire text (p < .01 for letters; p < .001 for words) than those in the control group. These results suggest that curriculum with perceptual enhancement may be useful in facilitating early Arabic reading fluency.

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“…Arabic orthography when dealing with similar graphemes and different graphemes have been extensively discussed in the work of Buckwalter (2004); and Ibrahim, Eviatar, and Aharon-Peretz (2002) who argued that the complexity imposed by the use of different marks (diacritics) could potentially influence readers' visual recognition of words. This has led many scholars to deeply investigate and examine the effects of using different Arabic structures on readers' cognitive responses, and their potential for improving reading skills (Crossley, Skalicky, Dascalu, McNamara, & Kyle, 2017), increasing comprehension (Primor, Pierce, & Katzir, 2011), and reducing reading errors (Natour, Darawsheh, Sartawi, Marie, & Efthymiou, 2016;Schimmel & Ness, 2017). However, most previous efforts have not truly justified the role of these characteristics in stimulating brain activation while reading under different conditions.…”

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Reading text with and without diacritics alters brain activation: The case of Arabic

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Diacritics in Arabic are optional orthographic symbols used to alter the pronunciation of a letter or distinguish between words of similar spellings, which may add or subtract complexity by imposing additional loads on the individual's information-processing system.In this study, we explored how reading Arabic text with and without diacritical signs (known as ḥarakāt) can influence readers' brain activation. An electroencephalogram (EEG) recording of 18 subjects was used in this study to assess the differences in brain activation while reading in two reading conditions (with and without ḥarakāt). The results showed that ḥarakāt had a significant impact on the cognitive responses of subjects as exemplified by differences in cortical activity between the conditions. Our results imply promising results in the application of reading skills where diacritical marks may play a key role in increasing the level of attention an individual pays to text, thus improving information-processing accuracy.

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Reading error patterns prevailing in Arab Emirati first graders

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

The Role of ADDIE Analysis Phase in Arabic Module Design for Ugandan - Adults Muallaf (UAM)

The Role of ADDIE Analysis Phase in Arabic Module Design for Ugandan - Adults Muallaf (UAM)

Perceptual Enhancement for Arabic Reading: An Intervention to Support Fluency and Automaticity in Grade One

Reading text with and without diacritics alters brain activation: The case of Arabic

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