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Impact of Early Second-Language Acquisition on the Development of First Language and Verbal Short-Term and Working Memory
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Marini, Andrea; Eliseeva, Nadezda; Fabbro, Franco – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
The present study aimed at investigating whether L2 learning affects phonological short-term and working memory and first language (L1) development. The performance of a group of 31 4- to-5-year-old sequential bilinguals attending an International School on tasks assessing phonological short-term and working memory and linguistic performance in L1…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Phonology, Cognitive Development
Long-Term Effects of Preterm Birth on Language and Literacy at Eight Years
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Guarini, Annalisa; Sansavini, Alessandra; Fabbri, Cristina; Savini, Silvia; Alessandroni, Rosina; Faldella, Giacomo; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette – Journal of Child Language, 2010
The aims of this study were to investigate whether specific linguistic difficulties in preterm children persist at eight years and to examine the interrelationships between language and literacy in this population, compared with a control group of full-term children. Sixty-eight monolingual Italian preterms and 26 chronologically matched controls…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Linguistics, Phonological Awareness