Prof. Salim
Abu-Rabia
Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel.
Email: salimar@edu.haifa.ac.il
Qualifications
1991-1993 Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
1986-1990 M.A, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
1976-1979 B.A, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Publications
(Selected)
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Abu Rabia, S., & Wattad, H.#
(2021). The lexical status of basic morphemes constituting verbs in Arabic
among normal and dyslexicnative readers: A developmental model. Annals of
Dyslexia.
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Abu Rabia, S., & Salfeety, A. #
(2021). The acquisition of English as a Foreign Language among different levels
of dyslexic learners. The Journal of Educational Research.
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Asadi I., # & Abu Rabia, S. (2021).
The impact of diglossia on phonological processing. Reading Psychology.
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Abu Rabia, S. (2021). Syntax Functions
and reading comprehension in Arabic orthography. Reading Psychology.
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Feder, L#., & Abu Rabia, S. (2021).
Cognitive Retroactive Transfer of Language Skills from English as a Foreign
Language to Hebrew as the First Language. Journal of Learning Disabilities.
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Abu Rabia, S. & #Haj, A. (2021).
The Impact of Arabic diacritics on Arabic Comprehension. The Journal of
Educational Research.
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Abu Rabia, S., & Hijjazi, E#.
(2020). The role of vowelization in reading comprehension of different Arabic
genres. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 49, 935- 954.
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Tarabiah, E., # & Abu- Rabia, S. (2020).
Social competency, Sense of loneliness and Self-image among Reading Disabled
(RD) Arab Adolescents. SAHISH, 30, 70- 96. (in Hebrew).
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Feder, L#., & Abu Rabia, S. (2020).
An examination of differences in linguistic and Meta-linguistic skills in
English (FL) and Hebrew (L1): Results of an Intervention program. The Journal
of Educational Research, 113 (3), 226- 243.
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Wattad, H. # & Abu Rabia, S. (2020)
The advantage of morphological awareness among normal and dyslexic native
Arabic readers: A literature review. Reading Psychology, 41, 130- 156.
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Asadi, I., # & Abu Rabia, S. (2019).
The impact of the position of phonemes and lexical status on phonological
awareness in the diglossic Arabic language. Journal of Psycholinguistic
Research, 48, 1051- 1062.
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Abu Rabia, S. (2019). The role of short
vowels in Arabic listening comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research,
48, 699- 712.
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Abu Rabia, S. (2019). The role of short
vowels in reading Arabic: A critical literature review. Journal of
Psycholinguistic Research, 48, 785- 795.
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Abu Rabia, S. (2018).The effect of
degrees of bilingualism on metacognitive linguistic skills. International
Journal of Bilingualism, 23, 1064- 1086.
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Abu-Rabia, S., Shakkour, W., # &
Siegel, L. S. (2013) Cognitive Retroactive Transfer (CRT) of Language Skills
Among bilingual Arabic-English Readers. Bilingual Research Journal, 36, 1- 19.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Lanir, L. #
(2010). Case studies of deficient syntactic control in two learners with
reading disability with Hebrew as a foreign language. Journal of Research in Special
Educational Needs, 10, 227- 236.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Sanitsky, I. #
(2010). Advantages of bilingualism over monolinguals in learning a third
language. Bilingual Research Journal, 32, 173- 199.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Saliba, F. #
(2008). The role of roots and phonological patterns in reading Arabic among
dyslexic and normal native Arabic readers. Australian Journal of Learning
Difficulties, 13, 115- 144.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2007). The role of
morphology and short vowelization in Reading Arabic of normal and dyslexic
readers in Grades 3, 6, 9, and 12. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 36,
89-106.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Taha, H. # (2006).
Phonological errors predominate in Arabic spelling across grades 1 to 9. Journal
of Psycholinguistic Research, 35, 167- 188.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2005). Introduction to a
special issue: The linguistic resources of Israel. Language, Culture and
Curriculum, 18, 1-2.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2005).Social aspects and
reading, writing, and working memory skills in Arabic, Hebrew, English, and
Circassian: The quadrilingual case of Circassians, Language, Culture and
Curriculum, 18(1), 27-58.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Maroon, L. #
(2005). The effect of consanguineous marriage on reading disability in the Arab
community. Dyslexia, 11, 1- 21
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Taha, H. # (2004).
Reading and spelling error analysis of native Arabic dyslexic readers. Reading
and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 17, 651- 689.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2004). Teachers' role,
learners' gender difference and FL anxiety among 7th grade students studying
English as a FL. Educational Psychology, 24, 711- 721.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2004). Reading ability
in Ethiopian learners of Hebrew: How important is phonemic awareness? Language,
Culture and Curriculum, 17, 196- 202.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Awwad, Y. #
(2004). Morphological structures in visual word recognition: The case of
Arabic. Journal of Research in Reading, 27, 321-336.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Kehat, S. #
(2004). The critical period for second language pronunciation: Is there such a
thing? Ten case studies of late starters who attained a native-like Hebrew
accent. Educational Psychology, 24, 77-98.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Siegel, L. (2003).
Reading and writing skills in three orthographies: Israeli-Arabs learning
Arabic, Hebrew and English. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal,
16, 611-634.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2003). Cognitive and
social factors affecting the English reading comprehension of Arab students
learning English as a third language in Israel. Educational Psychology, 23,
347-360.
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Abu-Rabia, S., Share, D., &
Mansour, M. # (2003). Word recognition and basic cognitive processes among
reading disabled and normal readers in the Arabic language. Reading and
Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 16, 423-440.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2003). The influence of
working memory on reading and creative writing processes in a second language. Educational
Psychology, 23, 209-222.
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Abu-Rabia, S., & Siegel, L.S.
(2002). Reading, syntactic, orthographic, and working memory skills of
bilingual Arab Canadian children. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 31, 661-678.
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Argaman, O., # & Abu-Rabia, S.
(2002). The influence of language anxiety on English reading and writing tasks among
Hebrew speakers. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 15, 143-160.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2002). Phonemic
awareness and middle-ear disease among Bedouin Arabs in Israel. Reading
Psychology: An International Quarterly, 23, 289-296.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2002). Reading in a
root-based morphology language: The case of Arabic. Journal of Research in
Reading, 25, 320-330.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2001). Testing the
interdependence hypothesis among native adult-bilingual Russian-English
students. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 30, 435-453.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2001). The role of
vowels in reading Semitic scripts: Data from Arabic and Hebrew. Reading and
Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 14, 39-59.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (2000). Effects of
exposure to literary Arabic on reading comprehension in a diglossic situation. Reading
and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 13, 147-157.
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Abu-Rabia, S. (1999). Attitudes
and psycholinguistic aspects of first language maintenance among Russian
immigrants in Israel. Educational Psychology, 19, 133-148.
Personal Website:
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