A corpus-based frequency list of Arabic sight words for grades 4–6
This study updates and extends the foundational work of Oweini and Hazoury (2010) by developing a new corpus-based list of Arabic sight words for grades 4-6 in Lebanese private schools. It addresses the lack of recent, systematic descriptions of high-frequency Arabic words and examines their r...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2025
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/26606/1/Gema%20Online_25_4_14.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/26606/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1866 |
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| Summary: | This study updates and extends the foundational work of Oweini and Hazoury (2010) by
developing a new corpus-based list of Arabic sight words for grades 4-6 in Lebanese private
schools. It addresses the lack of recent, systematic descriptions of high-frequency Arabic words
and examines their role in reading fluency and comprehension. Fifteen commonly used Arabic
reading textbooks were analyzed, and words were categorized by type and morphological
structure. The findings confirm the dominance of functional words and reflect the influence of
diglossia and Arabic orthographic complexity on sight word identification. Comparison with
existing word lists and frequency dictionaries shows strong overlap but also highlights areas
requiring revision. This updated frequency list offers educators and textbook designers
linguistically grounded evidence for improving reading materials. The study also recommends
expanding future research using digital corpus tools to support larger-scale frequency analyses. |
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