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Early Literacy Development in Mandarin-Speaking Children: The Role of Phonological Awareness, Rapid Naming and Spoken Language Skills [PDF]

, 2012
In Taiwan, many children grow up in a bilingual environment, namely Mandarin and Taiwanese. They learn Zhuyin Fuhao – a semi-syllabic transparent orthography – at the beginning of the first grade before learning traditional Chinese characters.
Yeh, Lili
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Correcting automatically generated closed captions for online learning materials does not improve student learning outcomes (although students believe it does)

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Lecture capture is ubiquitous in higher education. Lecture capture recordings are typically accompanied by automatically generated closed captions that are sometimes corrected by humans. Students self‐report that they benefit from captions, and particularly human‐corrected captions.
Peter J. Allen, Polly Barr, Kristopher G. Magee, Imogen van Jaarsveldt, Andy Wakefield   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neural processing of Mandarin and Cantonese lexical tone alternations: implications for the nature of phonological representations

Laboratory Phonology
This study provides neurocognitive evidence to shed further insight into the architecture of phonological representations. We tap into these representations by focusing on the neural processing of phonological alternations.
Joseph C.Y. Lau, Patrick C.M. Wong
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PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE PRODUCTION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN [PDF]

Езиков свят
The paper presents an analysis of the phonological features of preschool children. The article aims to find patterns of typical and atypical errors. A method was created to conduct the study, which includes three levels of research - at the level of ...
Tsvetomira Braynova, Miglena Simonska
doaj   +1 more source

Approximating multidimensionality with asymmetric unidimensional IRT models

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Unidimensional item response theory (IRT) models are widely used even in settings where assessment data exhibit subtle forms of multidimensionality. Recent empirical evidence suggests that when item difficulty is associated with dimensionality, asymmetric item characteristic curves (ICCs) emerge in the unidimensional approximation.
Xiangyi Liao, Yinqiu He, Daniel Bolt, James Soland, Carlin Conner, Emily J. Solari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Look at Diachronic Phonological Processes in Inthii Oy

Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2020
This study examines phonological processes from a diachronic view in the understudied West Bahnaric language Oy, Inthii village variety, Attapeu Province, Lao PDR.
Jennifer L. Daniell
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Kashmiri: A Phonological Sketch

East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 2018
Kashmiri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India and in some parts of Pakistan. Some phonological and morphological features of this language make it peculiar among Indo-Aryan languages.
Farooq Ahamad Mir, Imtiaz Hasnain, Azizuddin Khan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Behavioural and Electrophysiological exploration of the Working Memory impairment in Developmental Dyslexia [PDF]

, 2015
The current thesis provides a behavioural and electrophysiological exploration of Working Memory (WM) processing in developmental dyslexia. This thesis identifies a debate in the literature regarding the extent to which individuals with dyslexia have a ...
Ahmad, Jumana
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Oral language profiles and associated factors in children after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To characterize language outcomes at age 7 years after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke (NAIS) and identify language profiles and determinants. Method This prospective longitudinal cohort study included 70 children (44 males) from a French cohort with NAIS.
Laure Drutel, Virginie Dardier, Lena Avoyan, Lucie Hertz‐Pannier, Mickaël Dinomais   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental stuttering with common and complex phenotypes

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Aim To describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with stuttering. Method Individuals with current or resolved developmental stuttering self‐referred. Surveys assessed stuttering characteristics (onset, negative impact, family history) and health (early development, other conditions). Speech and non‐verbal intelligence were assessed using conversation
Sarah E. Horton, Daisy A. Shepherd, Stephanie Siemers, Miya St John, Juliette Catherall, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Angela T. Morgan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source