How Does Speed and Accuracy in Reading Relate to Reading Comprehension in Arabic?

Autor/inn/en	Abu-Leil, Aula Khateeb; Share, David L.; Ibrahim, Raphiq
Titel	How Does Speed and Accuracy in Reading Relate to Reading Comprehension in Arabic?
Quelle	In: Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 35 (2014) 2, S.251-276 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0211-2159
Schlagwörter	Reading Comprehension; Semitic Languages; Reading Rate; Accuracy; Decoding (Reading); Vowels; Native Speakers; Silent Reading; Oral Reading; Correlation; Grade 8; Junior High School Students; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseverstehen; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Dekodierung; Muttersprachler; Stilles Lesen; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Korrelation; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Fragebogen
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential contribution of decoding efficiency to the development of reading comprehension among skilled adult native Arabic speakers. In addition, we tried to investigate the influence of Arabic vowels on reading accuracy, reading speed, and therefore to reading comprehension. Seventy-five Arabic native speakers read fully pointed, unpointed and pseudowords lists of Arabic and silent reading comprehension of pointed and unpointed paragraphs were tested. Reading speed and accuracy measures revealed a slowest and less accurate in reading pseudowords, and fastest and most accurate in reading unpointed words with pointed word naming speed and accuracy in between. Subjects who were fast and accurate in reading isolated words were also fast and accurate in reading all varieties of printed words. Pearson correlation procedures indicated that silent reading comprehension of pointed and unpointed Arabic texts was uncorrelated with either oral reading speed or accuracy. Our findings with regard to the cross-linguistic research literature as well as the specific features of Arabic language are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Valencia. Dept. Metodologia, Facultad de Psicologia, Avda. Blasco Ibanez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain. Tel: +34-96-386-4100; Web site: http://www.uv.es/revispsi/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10