Biography

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)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Asadi I., # & Abu Rabia, S. (2021). The impact of diglossia on phonological processing. Reading Psychology.
  4. Abu Rabia, S. (2021). Syntax Functions and reading comprehension in Arabic orthography. Reading Psychology.
  5. 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.
  6. Abu Rabia, S. & #Haj, A. (2021). The Impact of Arabic diacritics on Arabic Comprehension. The Journal of Educational Research.
  7. Abu Rabia, S., & Hijjazi, E#. (2020). The role of vowelization in reading comprehension of different Arabic genres. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 49, 935- 954.
  8. 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).
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Abu Rabia, S. (2019). The role of short vowels in Arabic listening comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 48, 699- 712.
  13. Abu Rabia, S. (2019). The role of short vowels in reading Arabic: A critical literature review. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 48, 785- 795.
  14. Abu Rabia, S. (2018).The effect of degrees of bilingualism on metacognitive linguistic skills. International Journal of Bilingualism, 23, 1064- 1086.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Abu-Rabia, S., & Sanitsky, I. # (2010). Advantages of bilingualism over monolinguals in learning a third language. Bilingual Research Journal, 32, 173- 199.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Abu-Rabia, S., & Taha, H. # (2006). Phonological errors predominate in Arabic spelling across grades 1 to 9. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 35, 167- 188.
  21. Abu-Rabia, S. (2005). Introduction to a special issue: The linguistic resources of Israel. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 18, 1-2.
  22. 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.
  23. Abu-Rabia, S., & Maroon, L. # (2005). The effect of consanguineous marriage on reading disability in the Arab community. Dyslexia, 11, 1- 21
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. Abu-Rabia, S. (2004). Reading ability in Ethiopian learners of Hebrew: How important is phonemic awareness? Language, Culture and Curriculum, 17, 196- 202.
  27. Abu-Rabia, S., & Awwad, Y. # (2004). Morphological structures in visual word recognition: The case of Arabic. Journal of Research in Reading, 27, 321-336.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. Abu-Rabia, S. (2003). The influence of working memory on reading and creative writing processes in a second language. Educational Psychology, 23, 209-222.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. Abu-Rabia, S. (2002). Phonemic awareness and middle-ear disease among Bedouin Arabs in Israel. Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 23, 289-296.
  36. Abu-Rabia, S. (2002). Reading in a root-based morphology language: The case of Arabic. Journal of Research in Reading, 25, 320-330.
  37. Abu-Rabia, S. (2001). Testing the interdependence hypothesis among native adult-bilingual Russian-English students. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 30, 435-453.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. Abu-Rabia, S. (1999). Attitudes and psycholinguistic aspects of first language maintenance among Russian immigrants in Israel. Educational Psychology, 19, 133-148.


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