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Let's Read Together" a Computerized-Tutored Intervention Program for At-Linguistic Risk Arab Children

",Let',s read together", is a computerized-tutored intervention program for enhancing and fostering reading and writing acquisition in Arabic amongst At-Linguistic Risk first graders who come from low socio-economic background. The intervention program is the fruit of the author',s doctorate in 2006 and nowadays, after minor modifications, the NCJW (The Research Institute for Innovation in Education) in the Hebrew university is continuing to develop and spread it between at-linguistic risk Arab populations in Israel. The development of the original program began at 2003 and was modified and updated based on the research results and the field needs. Both the research and the program are based on Adams', Interactive Model (1991) for reading and writing acquisition.The program aims to acquire reading and writing skills in literary Arabic amongst at-linguistic risk children, develop vocabulary in literary Arabic and develop motivation for reading.The current paper aims to present two studies: the study behind the original program and the new study after the modifications done by the Hebrew university staff, the building principals of such program that compound between research and field, environmental teaching scheme and the components of the intervention program, demonstration, testing principals of the program and its impact. In addition, it presents features of the Arabic language and the Diglossic phenomenon (the gap between written and spoken Arabic), reading acquisition, challenges facing Arab children and challenges facing researchers and educators.Keywords: Arabic, Reading Acquisition, First Grade, At-Linguistic Risk, computer assisted instruction, tutoring.

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