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Asli-Badarneh, Abeer; Asadi, Ibrahim – Journal of Research in Reading, 2023
Background: Arabic is recognised as diglossic; one manifestation of diglossia is the co-existence of two varieties of the language used in different social settings: standard (or literary) Arabic (StA) and spoken Arabic (SpA). The study investigated the impact of lexical-phonological distance in Arabic (identical, cognate, unique, which are…
Descriptors: Phonology, Arabic, Language Variation, Grade 1
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Champion, Tempii B.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; McCabe, Allyssa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Research has established that African American (AA) children are lagging behind other children in their reading skills. A number of factors have been proposed to account for the literacy gap; however no single factor has entirely explained this disparity. This investigation examined the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Speech Communication, Investigations, Language Variation