Vaahtoranta, Enni and Suggate, Sebastian and Lenhart, Jan and Lenhard, Wolfgang (2021) Language exposure and phonological short-term memory as predictors of majority language vocabulary and phonological awareness in dual language learning. BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION, 24 (2). pp. 319-332. ISSN 1366-7289, 1469-1841
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Previous work suggests that child-internal and -external factors influence dual language learning (DLL), although more work is needed - to clarify the role of phonological short-term memory (PSTM) and language exposure in particular. Accordingly, we investigated the role of language exposure and PSTM in phonological awareness and receptive and expressive vocabulary development in the majority language in DLL. PSTM was measured with both a language-specific and language-universal nonword repetition task (NWR). Sixty-five DLL preschoolers were assessed twice, five months apart. Results show that maternal majority-language proficiency as well as language-specific and universal NWR predicted all outcomes, whereas length of exposure to the majority language only predicted receptive and expressive vocabulary. Current exposure did not predict any outcome. The findings extend previous research on child-internal and child-external factors as predictors of DLL to phonological awareness and language-universal NWR.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | RECEPTIVE-EXPRESSIVE GAP; AGE-OF-ONSET; WORKING-MEMORY; 2ND-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; NONWORD REPETITION; LITERACY DEVELOPMENT; BILINGUAL EXPOSURE; ORAL LANGUAGE; HOME LANGUAGE; ENGLISH; dual language learning; phonological short-term memory; language exposure; bilingual development; nonword repetition |
| Subjects: | ?? subjects_2_370 ?? |
| Divisions: | University of Regensburg > Human Sciences > Institut für Bildungswissenschaft > Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik (Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stöger) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2022 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2022 09:46 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45942 |
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