Best practices in teaching logographic and non-Roman writing systems to L2 learners

ME Everson - Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2011 - cambridge.org
The past few decades have witnessed a growing interest in how second language (L2)
learners come to read in languages employing non-alphabetic writing systems such as …

Word recognition and basic cognitive processes among reading-disabled and normal readers in Arabic

S Abu-Rabia, D Share, MS Mansour - Reading and writing, 2003 - Springer
This study investigated word identification inArabic and basic cognitive processes inreading-
disabled (RD) and normal readers of thesame chronological age, and in younger …

Metacognitive awareness of reading strategy use in Arabic as a second language

A Alhaqbani, M Riazi - 2012 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
This paper reports a study that investigated university students' awareness of their reading
strategy use when they read Arabic academic texts. One hundred and twenty-two …

The role of morphology and short vowelization in reading Arabic among normal and dyslexic readers in grades 3, 6, 9, and 12

S Abu-Rabia - Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2007 - Springer
This study was an investigation of several Arabic reading measures among dyslexics and
normal Arabic readers across different ages (grades 3, 6, 9, and 12): the role of morphology …

The role of reading motivation, self-efficacy, and home influence in students' literacy achievement: a preliminary examination of fourth graders in Abu Dhabi

G Yang, M Badri, A Al Rashedi, K Almazroui - Large-Scale Assessments in …, 2018 - Springer
Background This study aimed to identify motivation and home influence factors that predict
reading literacy achievement of grade 4 students in Abu Dhabi It drew on the Progress in …

Difficulties with vocabulary word form: The case of Arabic ESL learners

K Saigh, N Schmitt - System, 2012 - Elsevier
There is a large body of research indicating that L2 learners often have trouble with the word
form. Learners often transfer their L1 processing routines over to the L2 in their attempt to …

Reading and spelling error analysis of native

S Abu-Rabia, H Taha - Reading and Writing, 2004 - Springer
This study was an investigation of reading and spelling errors of dyslexic Arabic readers (n=
20) compared with two groups of normal readers: a young readers group, matched with the …

Spelling knowledge and reading development: Insights from Arab ESL learners

M Fender - 2008 - scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between spelling knowledge
and reading skills among a group of 16 intermediate-level Arab learners of English as a …

Phonological errors predominate in Arabic spelling across grades 1–9

S Abu-Rabia, H Taha - Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2006 - Springer
Most of the spelling error analysis has been conducted in Latin orthographies and rarely
conducted in other orthographies like Arabic. Two hundred and eighty-eight students in …

Spelling English as a foreign language: a narrative review of cross-language influences due to distance in writing system, orthography and phonology

R Sammour-Shehadeh, J Kahn-Horwitz, A Prior - Reading and Writing, 2023 - Springer
The current narrative review focuses on cross-language influences (CLI) in spelling English
as a foreign language (EFL). We identify three types of distance between first language (L1) …