The Development of English and Arabic Language and Literacy Skills of Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Canada
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Baddour, Jermeen Nasser El Deen
نام ساير پديدآوران
Chen, Xi
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Toronto (Canada)
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2020
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
82
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
M.A.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
University of Toronto (Canada)
امتياز متن
2020
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Language and literacy skills are crucial for the integration and academic achievement of refugee students. In particular, heritage language (L1) maintenance and majority language (L2) acquisition are key to achieving optimal acculturation outcomes. This study examined the performance of Syrian refugee children and youth in word reading, vocabulary and reading comprehension in Arabic and English over a one-year time period. In addition, the extent to which proximal and distal factors pertaining to the child/youth predict performance on the three measures was investigated. Findings suggest that one school year of English instruction enhanced students' English performance and reduced the gap between them and their monolingual peers. Evidence of Arabic language progress was also demonstrated. Moreover, age and parental education were among the factors predicting English and Arabic language proficiency. Implications are discussed as well as recommendations to promote Arabic and English language and literacy skills in school-aged Syrian refugees.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Developmental psychology
موضوع مستند نشده
Educational psychology
موضوع مستند نشده
Foreign language instruction
موضوع مستند نشده
Foreign language learning
موضوع مستند نشده
Multicultural education
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