Reading Ability in Ethiopian Learners of Hebrew: How Important Is Phonemic Awareness?

Autor/in	Abu-Rabia, Salim
Titel	Reading Ability in Ethiopian Learners of Hebrew: How Important Is Phonemic Awareness?
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 17 (2004) 3, S.196-202 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Semitic Languages; Reading Ability; Literacy; Error Patterns; Cultural Influences; Second Language Learning; Reading Comprehension; Phonemes; Error Analysis (Language); Immigrants; Social Influences; Language Proficiency; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Fehlertyp; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Leseverstehen; Fonem; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sozialer Einfluss; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	The study investigated reading errors made by Ethiopian learners of Hebrew (n=34). These newcomers to Israel, unlike other groups such as the Russian Jews, typically have low literacy skills in their first language (Amharic). Their ability to read Hebrew, as judged on a reading comprehension test, was still poor after living in Israel for seven years. In this study they were asked to read aloud a list of selected words in Hebrew. Their reading errors were analysed, indicating a dominant phonological reading type of error. This result is discussed in the light of the first-language skills, culture and social contact of the Ethiopian newcomers in Israel with the target language group. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10