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Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor; Levin, Iris; Hende, Nareman; Ziv, Margalit – Journal of Child Language, 2011
This study tested the effect of the phoneme's linguistic affiliation (Standard Arabic versus Spoken Arabic) on phoneme recognition among five-year-old Arabic native speaking kindergarteners (N=60). Using a picture selection task of words beginning with the same phoneme, and through careful manipulation of the phonological properties of target…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Phonemes, Phonology, Literacy
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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