"Speech Is Golden": The Importance of Colloquial Arabic for Reading Standard Arabic for Beginning Readers.
Rakhlin N, Li N, Aljughaiman A, Grigorenko E. "Speech Is Golden": The Importance of Colloquial Arabic for Reading Standard Arabic for Beginning Readers. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2024, 1-27. PMID: 38889224, DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpoken languageColloquial ArabicReading comprehensionPhonological awarenessWord decodingStandard ArabicLanguage skillsTests of phonological awarenessNarrative language skillsArabic-speaking childrenAcquisition of literacyLanguage varietiesArabic diglossiaLinguistic gapSpeaking assessmentHome languageLanguage interventionWritten languagePragmatic knowledgeLanguage indicatorsLinguistic distanceLiteracy acquisitionBeginning readersSerial mediation modelSentence comprehension