An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Suffolk Reading Scale, a standardised multiple-choice paper and pencil test of reading comprehension, as a reliable method of assessing the reading ability of a group of ESL Arabic children aged between 9-10 years who were pupils at an in...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Morris, Anne (author)
منشور في: 2009
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dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2009-09
2013-05-22T11:59:35Z
2013-05-22T11:59:35Z
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http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/146
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv The British University in Dubai (BUiD)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv reading
reading comprehension
Arabic ESL students
Suffolk Reading Scale
children
Dubai
performance
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
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description The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Suffolk Reading Scale, a standardised multiple-choice paper and pencil test of reading comprehension, as a reliable method of assessing the reading ability of a group of ESL Arabic children aged between 9-10 years who were pupils at an international school in Dubai. The results indicated that the ESL Arabic children scored significantly lower than the comparison groups of non-Arabic ESL children and children with English L1 of the same age and studying in the same class. The study discusses the possible reasons for the difficulties experienced by the Arabic ESL children in decoding English text and attempts to conduct an error analysis by searching for any patterns of error that could be accounted for by interference from the Arabic L1 and other problems experienced by Arabic readers in decoding English text including problems with word recognition and spelling patterns, lack of phonemic awareness and insufficient reading strategies.
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spelling An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading ScaleMorris, Annereadingreading comprehensionArabic ESL studentsSuffolk Reading ScalechildrenDubaiperformanceThe aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Suffolk Reading Scale, a standardised multiple-choice paper and pencil test of reading comprehension, as a reliable method of assessing the reading ability of a group of ESL Arabic children aged between 9-10 years who were pupils at an international school in Dubai. The results indicated that the ESL Arabic children scored significantly lower than the comparison groups of non-Arabic ESL children and children with English L1 of the same age and studying in the same class. The study discusses the possible reasons for the difficulties experienced by the Arabic ESL children in decoding English text and attempts to conduct an error analysis by searching for any patterns of error that could be accounted for by interference from the Arabic L1 and other problems experienced by Arabic readers in decoding English text including problems with word recognition and spelling patterns, lack of phonemic awareness and insufficient reading strategies.The British University in Dubai (BUiD)2013-05-22T11:59:35Z2013-05-22T11:59:35Z2009-09Dissertationapplication/pdfSpecialization - TESOL60020http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/146enoai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/1462021-11-08T06:09:47Z
spellingShingle An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
Morris, Anne
reading
reading comprehension
Arabic ESL students
Suffolk Reading Scale
children
Dubai
performance
title An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
title_full An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
title_fullStr An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
title_full_unstemmed An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
title_short An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
title_sort An Analysis of factors affecting reading comprehension performance of Arabic ESL students using the Suffolk Reading Scale
topic reading
reading comprehension
Arabic ESL students
Suffolk Reading Scale
children
Dubai
performance
url http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/146