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Direct linkHill, Margaret S.; Wagovich, Stacy A. – Journal of Child Language, 2020
Purpose: Although school-age children learn most new word meanings from surrounding context, the joint roles of language ability and executive function (EF) in the word learning process remain unclear. This study examined children's acquisition of word meanings from context in relation to oral language ability and three EF skills (working memory,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Oral Language
Roebuck, Hettie; Sindberg, Heidi; Weismer, Susan Ellis – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: There is conflicting evidence regarding if and how a deficit in executive function may be associated with developmental language impairment (LI). Nonlinguistic stimuli are now frequently used when testing executive function to avoid a language confound. However, it is possible that increased stimulus processing demands for nonlinguistic…
Descriptors: Language Role, Language Aptitude, Auditory Stimuli, Executive Function
Download full textde Bot, Kees; Fang, Fang – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Human behavior is not constant over the hours of the day, and there are considerable individual differences. Some people raise early and go to bed early and have their peek performance early in the day ("larks") while others tend to go to bed late and get up late and have their best performance later in the day ("owls"). In…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Sleep, Language Processing, Second Language Learning
Ketelaars, Mieke Pauline; Jansonius, Kino; Cuperus, Juliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
This study investigated narrative competence in children with pragmatic language impairment (PLI) and the extent to which it is related to impairments in theory of mind and executive functioning (EF). Narrative competence was assessed using a retelling design in a group of 77 children with PLI and a control group of 77 typically developing…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Control Groups, Language Impairments, Language Aptitude
Akbar, Maysa; Loomis, Rebecca; Paul, Rhea – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disability characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and by repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. Prior research has revealed executive function (EF) deficits in children with ASD. It has been suggested that these EF impairments are associated with language…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Interpersonal Relationship, Autism, Executive Function
Biedron, Adriana; Szczepaniak, Anna – Modern Language Journal, 2012
The role of short-term memory and working memory in accomplished multilinguals was investigated. Twenty-eight accomplished multilinguals were compared to 36 mainstream philology students. The following instruments were used in the study: three memory subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (Digit Span, Digit-Symbol Coding, and Arithmetic,…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Multilingualism, Intelligence Quotient, Aptitude Tests
