The contribution of early home literacy activities to first grade reading and writing achievements in Arabic

This longitudinal study assessed the literacy development of native Arabic-speaking children from kindergarten to the end of first grade, focusing on the role of home literacy activities (mother–child shared book reading and joint writing). The contribution of these activities in kindergarten to chi...

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Published in:Reading & writing 2013-10, Vol.26 (9), p.1517-1536
Main Authors: Aram, Dorit, Korat, Ofra, Hassunah-Arafat, Safieh
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Academic achievement
Age Differences
Alphabets
Arabic language
Cooperation
Education
Elementary education
Elementary School Students
Emergent Literacy
Families & family life
Family Literacy
Grade 1
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Language and Literature
Language Skills
Linguistics
Literacy
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers
Naming
Native language acquisition
Neurology
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Role
Parents & parenting
Parents as Teachers
Psycholinguistics
Reading Aloud to Others
Reading Comprehension
Reading instruction
Semitic Languages
Shared reading
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Influences
Vocabulary
Writing
Writing (Composition)
Writing instruction
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Age Differences
Alphabets
Arabic language
Cooperation
Education
Elementary education
Elementary School Students
Emergent Literacy
Families & family life
Family Literacy
Grade 1
Grade 4
Kindergarten
Language and Literature
Language Skills
Linguistics
Literacy
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers
Naming
Native language acquisition
Neurology
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Role
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Parents as Teachers
Psycholinguistics
Reading Aloud to Others
Reading Comprehension
Reading instruction
Semitic Languages
Shared reading
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Influences
Vocabulary
Writing
Writing (Composition)
Writing instruction
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