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Elinor Saiegh-Haddad; Rachel Schiff – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
This study investigates the role of diglossic and orthographic features in reading comprehension in Arabic. Specifically, it probes the independent contribution of language, metalinguistic, and decoding skills in the spoken language and in Standard Arabic to reading comprehension in the "abjad" writing system of Arabic. A sample of 112…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabic, Reading Comprehension, Orthographic Symbols
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Yiwei Zhao; Guowei Wu; Xiangzhi Meng; George K. Georgiou; Xiujie Yang – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Using behavioral network analysis, the present study aimed to examine the relation between various cognitive-linguistic skills and Chinese character reading in children from preschool to primary school. A cohort of 172 Chinese children (41.3% female; M[subscript age] = 5.74 ± 0.32 years) were followed from the end of kindergarten (T1) to first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Elementary School Students
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Rachel Schiff; Shani Levy-Shimon; Lior Oanunu Shashoua; Ayelet Sasson – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2025
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a multi-component homograph processing intervention complemented by Executive Function (EF) skills on the performance of struggling readers. The researchers focused on measuring improvements in literacy, metalinguistic abilities, cognitive/EF skills acquired during the intervention, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties