Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research

Exploring the Impact of Bilingualism on Semantic and Phonological Neuropsychological Tasks in Adults

Seyede Zohre Mousavi; Azar Mehri; Saman Maroufizadeh

Volume 11, Issue 3 , September 2024, , Pages 127-131

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Background: Numerous studies have yielded conflicting results concerning the disparities in verbal (semantic and letter) fluency between monolingual and bilingual individuals. Given ... Read More

The effect of bilingualism on the processing of clustering and switching in verbal fluency tasks

Najme Mardani; Mohammad Pourjafari; Mohammad Amin Irandegani; Nassim Ahmadi; Kowsar Baghban

Volume 7, Issue 3 , September 2020, , Pages 114-117

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Background: This study examined the effect of bilingualism on the processing of clustering and switching in verbal fluency tasks in Farsi-Balochi bilinguals. Methods: Ninety participants ... Read More

A Comparison of Reading Accuracy and Reading Comprehension in Bilingual Arabic/Farsi-speaking and Monolingual Farsi-speaking Elementary Students in the Fifth Grade

Maryam Jalalipour; Fatemeh Majdinasab; Hajar Khedri; Batoul Chadorian

Volume 4, Issue 4 , December 2017, , Pages 97-101

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Background: Reading comprehension is one of the primary skills required of students in elementary schools. Various factors can influence this skill, including bilingualism. Owing to ... Read More Background: Reading comprehension is one of the primary skills required of students in elementary schools. Various factors can influence this skill, including bilingualism. Owing to the variety of languages and dialects in Iran, a large number of students learn Farsi as a second language; consequently, they are faced with numerous challenges in acquiring high-level skills such as reading and writing. The present study was aimed at comparing reading comprehension and reading accuracy between bilingual Arabic and Farsi-speaking and monolingual Farsi-speaking fifth grade children in Ahvaz.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive analytic study was carried out employing a random sample of 165 bilingual students (91 girls and 74 boys), and 159 monolingual students (79 girls and 80 boys). The students were evaluated in terms of reading accuracy and comprehension skills using some selected parts from a reading test developed by Shafei et al., in 2009. Finally, mean scores were compared between the two groups employing the independent samples t-test.Results: Both reading comprehension and accuracy were significantly higher in monolinguals compared to bilingual Arabic/Farsi-speaking students (P=0.000). Gender stratified results showed higher levels of reading comprehension skills in both monolingual girls (P=0.000) and boys (P=0.03) in comparison to bilinguals. However, in the reading accuracy subtest, only monolingual girls had a significantly superior performance than the bilinguals (P=0.000).Conclusion: Overall, our results showed lower levels of reading comprehension and accuracy skills in bilingual fifth grade students in comparison to their monolingual peers in the city of Ahvaz. It seems that even in the late elementary school years, bilingual children have not attained the same level as their monolingual peers. Due to the importance of reading skills in academic achievement and day-to-day life, we highly recommend the implementation of measures toward improving these skills among bilingual elementary school students.

Comparing Narrative Microstructure between Bilingual Balochi-Persian and Monolingual Persian Preschoolers

Maryam Arabpour; Mahbube Nakhshab; Najme Abdolrashidi; Mahtab Molaiefard; Shima Bakhtyari; Hossein Ansari

Volume 4, Issue 2 , June 2017, , Pages 36-40

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Background: To date, with rapid increase of bilingual children, more attention about different patterns of the bilingual children narratives is needed. The aim of this study was to ... Read More

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Exploring the Impact of Bilingualism on Semantic and Phonological Neuropsychological Tasks in Adults

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The effect of bilingualism on the processing of clustering and switching in verbal fluency tasks

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A Comparison of Reading Accuracy and Reading Comprehension in Bilingual Arabic/Farsi-speaking and Monolingual Farsi-speaking Elementary Students in the Fifth Grade

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Comparing Narrative Microstructure between Bilingual Balochi-Persian and Monolingual Persian Preschoolers

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