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Age, Experience and Language and Literacy Skills in English- Arabic Speaking Syrian Refugees
Gottardo, Alexandra; Al Janaideh, Redab; Paradis, Johanne; Soto-Corominas, Adriana; Chen, Xi; Amin, Norah (MDPI, 2023)Although age of acquisition (AoA) is frequently used when examining the endpoint of second language (L2) learning, it is rarely used to examine the initial phases of L2 acquisition. The present study provided a unique look ... -
Morphology and Reading Skills in Arabic-Speaking Syrian Refugee Children
Al Janaideh, Redab; Tibi, Sana; Gottardo, Alexandra; Paradis, Johanne; Chen, Becky Xi (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023)Limited research has been conducted on the literacy skills of Arabic-speaking refugee children. This study investigated the concurrent and longitudinal role(s) of morphological awareness in Arabic word reading and reading ... -
Narrative microstructure and macrostructure skills in Arabic diglossia: The case of Arab immigrant children in Canada (Postprint)
Asli-Badarneh, Abeer; Hipfner-Boucher, Kathleen; Chen, Becky Xi; Al Janaideh, Redab; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor (Sage Journals, 2023)The current study investigated the composition of the lexicon deployed by Arabic-speaking Canadian immigrant children in narrative production with specific focus on diglossia (N=75; Age-range 7-12 years). The study also ... -
Promoting Language, Literacy and Well-being of Syrian Refugee Children through Summer Camps
El-Baba, Mazen; Al Janaideh, Redab; Chen, Xi (2017) -
The role of socioemotional wellbeing difficulties and adversity in the L2 acquisition of first-generation refugee children
Paradis, Johanne; Soto-Corominas, Adriana; Vitoroulis, Irene; Al Janaideh, Redab; Chen, Xi; Gottardo, Alexandra; Jenkins, Jennifer; Georgiades, Katholiki (Cambridge University Press, 2022-05-16)First-generation refugee children often experience pre- and post-migration adversity and display high levels of mental health/wellbeing difficulties, but to date, research has not examined the impact of such factors on ... -
The role of word reading and oral language skills in reading comprehension in Syrian refugee children (Postprint)
Al Janaideh, Redab; Gottardo, Alexandra; Tibi, Sana; Paradis, Johanne; Chen, Xi (Cambridge University Press, 2020-07-24)Canada has resettled more than 57,000 Syrian refugees since 2015 (Government of Canada, 2017). However, little is known about refugee children’s language and literacy development. The present study evaluated Syrian refugee ... -
Sources of variation at the onset of bilingualism: The differential effect of input factors, AOA, and cognitive skills on HL Arabic and L2 English syntax
Soto-Corominas, Adriana; Daskalaki, Evangelia; Paradis, Johanne; Winters-Difani, Magdalena; Al Janaideh, Redab (Cambridge University Press, 2022)Despite growing research on individual differences in child bilinguals, few studies have focused on the development of syntax, included both languages, and studied newly arrived school-age migrant children. Accordingly, ... -
Word reading in English and Arabic in children who are Syrian refugees
Gottardo, Alexandra; Amin, Norah; Amin, Asma; Al-Janaideh, Redab; Chen, Xi; Paradis, Johanne (2020)