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Learning a Second Language for Arabic Speakers: Can Word Pair Directionality Make a Difference?
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Aldosari, Bushra; Was, Christopher – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2021
Text structure (e.g., left-to-right orientation) can bias later task performance by supporting scanning strategies on related tasks (e.g., scanning left-to-right when learning word pairs). The current study was designed to investigate how the reading habits of native Arabic speakers might affect the acquisition of English vocabulary in word lists.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Text Structure, English (Second Language), Semitic Languages