TY - JOUR
T1 - Early literacy among Arabic-speaking kindergartners
T2 - The role of socioeconomic status, home literacy environment and maternal mediation of writing
AU - Aram, Dorit
AU - Korat, Ofra
AU - Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor
AU - Arafat, Safieh Hassunha
AU - Khoury, Ruba
AU - Elhija, Jakleen Abu
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - We explored the sociocultural context of early literacy development among Arabic-speaking kindergartners in Israel, focusing on the nature of mother-child joint writing. Eighty-nine kindergartners and their mothers participated. Mothers were videotaped in their homes while helping their children write words. Early literacy was evaluated by alphabetic knowledge, concepts about print, phonological awareness, and vocabulary. Kindergartners' early literacy was related to socioeconomic status (SES), home literacy environment (HLE) and maternal mediation level. Hierarchical regressions indicate that HLE predicted alphabetic knowledge, phonological awareness, and vocabulary beyond SES. Maternal mediation of writing predicted all children's early literacy measures except vocabulary, after controlling for SES and HLE. We discuss maternally mediated joint writing interactions as a possible context for early literacy enhancement among young Arabic-speaking children in Israel.
AB - We explored the sociocultural context of early literacy development among Arabic-speaking kindergartners in Israel, focusing on the nature of mother-child joint writing. Eighty-nine kindergartners and their mothers participated. Mothers were videotaped in their homes while helping their children write words. Early literacy was evaluated by alphabetic knowledge, concepts about print, phonological awareness, and vocabulary. Kindergartners' early literacy was related to socioeconomic status (SES), home literacy environment (HLE) and maternal mediation level. Hierarchical regressions indicate that HLE predicted alphabetic knowledge, phonological awareness, and vocabulary beyond SES. Maternal mediation of writing predicted all children's early literacy measures except vocabulary, after controlling for SES and HLE. We discuss maternally mediated joint writing interactions as a possible context for early literacy enhancement among young Arabic-speaking children in Israel.
KW - Arabic
KW - Early literacy
KW - Home literacy environment
KW - Maternal mediation
KW - Mother-child interaction
KW - SES
KW - Writing
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84882769974
U2 - 10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.10.003
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AN - SCOPUS:84882769974
SN - 0885-2014
VL - 28
SP - 193
EP - 208
JO - Cognitive Development
JF - Cognitive Development
IS - 3
ER -
