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Joseph H. R. Maes; Annette R. Scheper; Daan Hermans; Constance T. W. M. Vissers – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: The implicit learning deficit hypothesis claims that impaired implicit learning underlies deficits in social-communicative abilities associated with developmental language disorder (DLD). However, previous research testing this hypothesis revealed inconsistent results and largely used process-impure sequential learning tasks. Aims:…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents
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Blom, Elma; Boerma, Tessel – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have weaknesses in executive functioning (EF), specifically in tasks testing interference control and working memory. It is unknown how EF develops in children with DLD, if EF abilities are related to DLD severity and persistence, and if EF weaknesses expand to selective attention.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Interference (Learning)
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de Bree, Elise; Zee, Marjolein – First Language, 2021
Listening comprehension is important for daily communication and at school, yet relatively little is known about the variables contributing to listening comprehension, especially in the upper elementary years. The aim of this study was to explore whether vocabulary, verbal memory, but also self-efficacy and self-reported concentration contribute…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary Skills, Self Efficacy