Oral Motor and Gesture Abilities Independently Associated with Preschool Language Skill: Longitudinal and Concurrent Relationships at 21 Months and 3-4 Years

Autor/inn/en	Alcock, Katie; Connor, Simon
Titel	Oral Motor and Gesture Abilities Independently Associated with Preschool Language Skill: Longitudinal and Concurrent Relationships at 21 Months and 3-4 Years
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64 (2021) 6, S.1944-1963 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alcock, Katie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Nonverbal Communication; Language Skills; Preschool Children; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Family Environment; Stimulation; Correlation; Cognitive Ability; Language Acquisition; Language Impairments; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory; Preschool Language Scale; British Ability Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familienmilieu; Korrelation; Denkfähigkeit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Purpose: Early motor abilities (gesture, oral motor, and gross/fine skills) are related to language abilities, and this is not due to an association with cognitive or symbolic abilities: Oral motor skills are uniquely associated with language abilities at 21 months of age. It is important to determine whether this motor-language relationship continues beyond the earliest stage of language development to understand language acquisition better and better predict which children may have lasting language difficulties. Method: In this longitudinal study, we assessed language comprehension and production, oral motor skill, gross/fine motor skill, and meaningless manual gesture at ages 3 years (N = 89) and 4 years (N = 71), comparing the contribution of motor skill and earlier (at 21 months of age) language ability. We also examined covariates: nonverbal cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and stimulation in the home as measured on the Home Screening Questionnaire. Results: Motor abilities continue to have a significant relationship with language abilities independent of other factors in the preschool years. Meaningless manual gesture ability, gross/fine motor skill, and oral motor skill were still associated with language skill at 3 years of age; these relationships are not explained by the contribution of cognitive abilities or earlier language abilities. Conclusions: Relationships between early motor skill and language development persist into preschool years and are not explained by other cognitive or home factors, nor by a relationship with earlier language ability. This finding should lead to a better understanding of the origins of language abilities. (As Provided).
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