The Development of English and Arabic Language and Literacy Skills of Syrian Refugee Children and Yo...

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" The Development of English and Arabic Language and Literacy Skills of Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Canada "
Baddour, Jermeen Nasser El Deen Chen, Xi

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1108855
Doc. No	:	TLpq2468682588
Main Entry	:	Baddour, Jermeen Nasser El Deen
	:	Chen, Xi
Title & Author	:	The Development of English and Arabic Language and Literacy Skills of Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Canada\ Baddour, Jermeen Nasser El DeenChen, Xi
College	:	University of Toronto (Canada)
Date	:	2020
student score	:	2020
Degree	:	M.A.
Page No	:	82
Abstract	:	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.
Subject	:	Developmental psychology
	:	Educational psychology
	:	Foreign language instruction
	:	Foreign language learning
	:	Multicultural education