Cognitive Retroactive Transfer (CRT) of Language Skills among Bilingual Arabic-English Readers

Autor/inn/en	Abu-Rabia, Salim; Shakkour, Wael; Siegel, Linda
Titel	Cognitive Retroactive Transfer (CRT) of Language Skills among Bilingual Arabic-English Readers
Quelle	In: Bilingual Research Journal, 36 (2013) 1, S.61-81 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-5882
DOI	10.1080/15235882.2013.775975
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Writing Skills; Syntax; Semitic Languages; English (Second Language); Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Second Language Learning; Bilingualism; Transfer of Training; Reading Improvement; Phonological Awareness; Native Language; Morphology (Languages); Reading Comprehension; Reading Skills; Metalinguistics; Linguistic Theory; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Arabisch; Hebräisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bilingualismus; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Morphology; Morphologie; Leseverstehen; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Linguistische Theorie; Ausland
Abstract	This study examined the effects of an intervention helping struggling readers improve their reading and writing skills in English as a foreign language (L2), and those same skills in Arabic, which was their first language (L1). Transferring linguistic skills from L2 to L1 is termed "cognitive retroactive transfer". Tests were administered to the experimental and control groups that assessed orthographic knowledge, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, syntax awareness, reading accuracy, and reading comprehension in Arabic and English. The experimental group received an intervention program in English, but not in Arabic, and the assessments were administered before and after the intervention. The findings indicated a significant improvement in the experimental group's achievements in all linguistic and metalinguistic skills in both Arabic and English after the English intervention program, with the exception of orthographic knowledge in Arabic. Therefore, foreign language learning can result in improvements in native language skills. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10