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Thomas, Sheila; Shipp, Nicholas J.; Ryder, Nuala – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
It has been hypothesised that executive function deficits, specifically inhibition difficulties, may play a central role in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The presented study compared the response inhibition abilities of typically developing preschool children, with monolingual and bilingual preschool children who had already been classed…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Preschool Children, At Risk Students, Developmental Disabilities
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Benigno, Joann P.; Byrd, Dana L; McNamara, Joseph P. H.; Berg, W. Keith; Farrar, M. Jeffrey – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
In this study we explored the relation between private speech and task mastery by using the microgenetic method to examine the language and performance of 13 children aged 4 and 5 as they gained expertise with a spatial, multi-step planning task across 6 sessions. Seven of the 13 children's performances across these sessions were characterized by…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Executive Function, Change