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Second Language Accent Faking Ability Depends on Musical Abilities, Not on Working Memory

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Studies involving direct language imitation tasks have shown that pronunciation ability is related to musical competence and working memory capacities. However, this type of task may measure individual differences in many different linguistic dimensions,
Marion Coumel, Marion Coumel, Markus Christiner, Markus Christiner, Susanne Maria Reiterer, Susanne Maria Reiterer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Word Associations in a Minoritised Language: The Case of Cymraeg (Welsh)

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As with many research strands in linguistics, word association (WA) literature is dominated by English language data. This paper (i) explores the extent to which methodologies developed to date are applicable to other languages—specifically, Welsh (Cymraeg)—and (ii) investigates what WA analysis can reveal about lexical organisation and ...
Tess Fitzpatrick, Steve Morris, Theodore Mills   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the Brazilian Children's Test of Pseudoword Repetition in Portuguese speakers aged 4 to 10 years [PDF]

, 2003
The phonological loop is a component of the working memory system specifically involved in the processing and manipulation of limited amounts of information of a sound-based phonological nature.
Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeo, Santos, F.h.   +1 more
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Pre‐Task Explicit Instruction, Input Modality, and Working Memory in L2 Oral Self‐Repair

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the central role of tasks in language education and ensuing research documenting how task‐related variables might affect language performance and learning, it remains unclear whether pre‐task explicit instruction, input modality, and working memory (WM) influence how learners monitor and repair grammatical structures in real‐time ...
Reza Yadollahpour, Mostafa Pourhaji, Michael Sadeghi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Role of Working Memory and Phonological Memory in Mathematics and Response to Intervention for Emergent Bilingual Kindergartners

Journal of Numerical Cognition
This study explores how kindergarten students from a multilingual sample (n = 131) representing 23 different languages differ in response to intervention, based on their skill in mathematics and domain general cognitive skills.
Madison A. Cook, Keith Smolkowski, Lina Shanley, Joanna Hermida, Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Christian T. Doabler, Ben Clarke   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Action video games improve reading abilities and visual-to-auditory attentional shifting in English-speaking children with dyslexia

Scientific Reports, 2017
Dyslexia is characterized by difficulties in learning to read and there is some evidence that action video games (AVG), without any direct phonological or orthographic stimulation, improve reading efficiency in Italian children with dyslexia.
Sandro Franceschini, Piergiorgio Trevisan, Luca Ronconi, Sara Bertoni, Susan Colmar, Kit Double, Andrea Facoetti, Simone Gori   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The contributions of domain-general and numerical factors to third-grade arithmetic skills and mathematical learning disability [PDF]

, 2014
Explanations of the marked individual differences in elementary school mathematical achievement and mathematical learning disability (MLD or dyscalculia) have involved domain-general factors (working memory, reasoning, processing speed and oral language)
Cowan, Richard, Powell, Daisy
core   +3 more sources

Annual Research Review: Associations of socioeconomic status with cognitive function, language ability, and academic achievement in youth: a systematic review of mechanisms and protective factors

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 417-439, April 2025.
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with children's cognitive and academic performance, leading to long‐term educational and economic disparities. In particular, SES is a powerful predictor of executive function (EF), language ability, and academic achievement.
Divyangana Rakesh, Paris Anne Lee, Amruta Gaikwad, Katie A. McLaughlin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do children use different forms of verbal rehearsal in serial picture recall tasks? A multi-method study [PDF]

, 2019
Use of verbal rehearsal is a key issue in memory development. However, we still lack detailed and triangulated information about the early development and the circumstances in which different forms of rehearsal are used. To further understand significant
Buettner, G., Henry, L., Messer, D. J., Poloczek, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

[Working memory in children with phonological deviation].

Pro-fono : revista de atualizacao cientifica, 2004
working memory.to verify the performance of children with normal speech development (NSD) and with evolutional phonological deviation (EPD), in tasks which demand the use of working memory.as a research instrument, subtest 5 of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistics Abilities (ITPA) was used, as well as the meaningless word repetition test. The answers
Lisiane Zorzella, Linassi, Marcia, Keske-Soares, Helena Bolli, Mota   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source