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The Relationship between Working Memory and Silent Reading Abilities in a Sample of Hearing Impaired Students in Riyadh [PDF]

Journal of Islamic Studies, 2005
Previous studies have shown that reading abilities in hearing impaired individuals are less efficient than those found in hearing individuals. Baddeley and Hitch [1, p.p. 47-98] have explained the difference in reading abilities between the two groups as
Mohammed J. Thabit
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The Mediating Role of Processing Speed in the Relationship between Working Memory and Phonological Awareness with Reading in Students with Reading Disorder

Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī, 2021
Aim and Background: Processing speed plays an important role in specific learning disorder. Therefore, the aim of present study was to investigate the mediating role of processing speed in the relationship between working memory and phonological ...
Maryam Moshtaghy Sharifzadeh, Ahmad Mansouri, Zahra Bagherzadeh Golmakani   +2 more
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Cognitive skills and reading in adults with Usher syndrome type 2

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Objective: To investigate working memory, phonological skills, lexical skills, and reading comprehension in adults with Usher syndrome type 2 (USH2).Design: The participants performed tests of phonological processing, lexical access, working memory and ...
Cecilia eHenricson, Cecilia eHenricson, Cecilia eHenricson, Björn eLyxell, Björn eLyxell, Björn eLyxell, Björn eLidestam, Björn eLidestam, Björn eLidestam, Claes eMöller, Claes eMöller, Claes eMöller, Claes eMöller   +12 more
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Lexicality and frequency in specific language impairment: accuracy and error data from two nonword repetition tests [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose: Deficits in phonological working memory and deficits in phonological processing have both been considered potential explanatory factors in Specific Language Impairment (SLI).
Baddeley A. D., Bishop D. V. M., Bowey J. A., Bowey J. A., Bowey J. A., Briscoe J., Brown G. D. A., Chiat S., Coady J. A., Conti-Ramsden G., Dodd B., Dollaghan C. A., Dunn L. M., Fernand Gobet, Frisch S. A., Gallon N., Gary Jones, Gathercole S. E., Gathercole S. E., Gathercole S. E., Gupta P., Jones G., Jones G., Julian M. Pine, Jusczyk P. W., Leonard L. B., Marco Tamburelli, Masterson J., Montgomery J., Pitt M. A., Roodenrys S., Sarah E. Watson, Thorn A. S. C., Thorn A. S. C., Vitevitch M. S., Vitevitch M. S., Wechsler D., Wiig E. H.   +37 more
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Engagement and Interaction for Second Language Learning

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Engagement is an appealing concept because researchers and practitioners can easily agree on its importance for second language (L2) learning. Consequently, there has been a rapid research increase and engagement will be a hot topic in the coming decade.
Masatoshi Sato
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Working Memory for Linguistic and Non-linguistic Manual Gestures: Evidence, Theory, and Application

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Linguistic manual gestures are the basis of sign languages used by deaf individuals. Working memory and language processing are intimately connected and thus when language is gesture-based, it is important to understand related working memory mechanisms.
Mary Rudner
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Complex-arithmetic problem solving: Differences among Belgian, Canadian, and Chinese participants [PDF]

, 2008
The complex-arithmetic performance of three different populations was tested: Flemish-speaking Belgians; Englishspeaking Canadians; and Chinese-speaking Chinese participants currently living in Canada. All participants solved complex addition problems (e.
Imbo, Ineke, LeFevre, Jo-Anne
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Number skills and knowledge in children with specific language impairment [PDF]

, 2005
The number skills of groups of 7 to 9 year old children with specific language impairment (SLI) attending mainstream or special schools are compared with an age and nonverbal reasoning matched group (AC), and a younger group matched on oral language ...
Cowan, Richard, Donlan, Chris, Lloyd, Delyth, Newton, Elizabeth   +3 more
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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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Do children with developmental dyslexia have syntactic awareness problems once phonological processing and memory are controlled?

Frontiers in Language Sciences
IntroductionSyntactic awareness is the ability to monitor and manipulate word order within sentences. It is unclear whether children with dyslexia have syntactic awareness problems, as there are mixed results in the literature.
Erin K. Robertson, Catherine Mimeau, S. Hélène Deacon   +2 more
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