The influence of visual attention on letter recognition and reading acquisition in Arabic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The involvement of phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatized naming (RAN) and letter knowledge (LK) in Arabic reading achievement is well established, but evidence for a unique contribution of visual attention span (VAS) remains limited. Studies in Indo-European languages have reported a direct and unique influence of VAS on reading, a relationship that might also be expected in Arabic. However, the recognition of the complex Arabic letters may require substantial attentional resources, thereby reducing the direct contribution of VAS to reading.

Methods

We assessed PA, RAN, LK and VAS in Arabic-speaking beginning readers, along with their reading fluency for both nonsense syllables and real words.

Results

Strong relationships were found between all f

SUBMITTER: Ghandour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12576706 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature