Abstract

    The second article, by Josephine Yambi, explores the reading strategies used by a third grade Swahili-English bilingual child. Yambi finds out that the participant child is potentially a successful reader in Swahili and English. The child has demonstrated better retelling performance in narrative texts. Moreover, she used a wide range of reading strategies in Swahili compared to her reading in English. 

    Al-Hazemi examines picture clues and L1 Arabic translation as two vocabulary learning strategies and their influence on the recognition of word meanings. His findings suggest that the participants performed better using their L1 translation than using the picture clues strategy. This contradicts the researcher’s hypothesis and expectation. The important implication of these findings is the great role L1 plays in literacy development in general and learning vocabulary in particular.

Abstract

     Owue-Ewie’s article is concerned with language policy makers’ decision in promoting English at the expense of native languages in Ghana. He argues that the use of English instead of the children’s L1 in education violates the linguistic human rights of the Ghanaian children and threatens their educational and cognitive development. Owue-Ewie calls for the review and reversal of the monolingual policy launched by the government of Ghana.

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    Arishi’s contribution discusses the various meanings of the functional Arabic word حين (while) in the Quran and shows its many interpretations and implications in several Islamic books. Arishi addresses these interpretations in several domains of theology.