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Publication Date: 2021-Nov
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Reading in Multiple Arabics: Effects of Diglossia and Orthography
Abu-Liel, Aula Khatteb; Ibrahim, Raphiq; Eviatar, Zohar
Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v34 n9 p2291-2316 Nov 2021
We tested the effects of diglossia and orthography on reading in Arabic, manipulating reading in Spoken Arabic (SA), using Arabizi, in which it is written using Latin letters on computers/phones, and the two forms of the conventional written form Modern Standard Arabic (MSA): vowelled (shallow) and unvowelled (deep). 77 skilled readers in 8th grade performed oral reading of single words and narrative and expository texts, and silent reading comprehension of both genres of text. Oral reading and comprehension revealed different patterns. Single words and texts were read faster and more accurately in unvoweled MSA, slowest and least accurately in vowelled MSA, and in-between in Arabizi. Comprehension was highest for vowelled MSA. Narrative texts were better than expository texts in Arabizi with the opposite pattern in MSA. The results suggest that frequency of type of texts and the way in which phonology is encoded affect skilled reading
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Reading Processes, Speech Communication, Written Language, Information Technology, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Phonology, Reading Skills, Dialects
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