Phonological Memory and Children's Second Language Grammar Learning

Autor/inn/en	French, Leif M.; O'Brien, Irena
Titel	Phonological Memory and Children's Second Language Grammar Learning
Quelle	In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 29 (2008) 3, S.463-487 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7164
DOI	10.1017/S0142716408080211
Schlagwörter	Memory; Vocabulary Development; Phonology; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Grammar; Predictor Variables; Semitic Languages; French; Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Language Processing; Children; Second Language Instruction; Intensive Language Courses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Wortschatzarbeit; Fonologie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Grammatik; Prädiktor; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Französisch; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Psycholinguistik; Sprachverarbeitung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs
Abstract	This study examined the role of phonological memory in second language (L2) grammar learning in a group of native French-speaking children undergoing a 5-month intensive English program. Phonological memory (as referenced by Arabic [ANWR] and English [ENWR] nonword repetition tasks), L2 vocabulary (receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge), and L2 grammar (knowledge of morphosyntactic structures) were assessed during the first (Time 1) and last (Time 2) month of the program. After controlling for initial grammar ability, phonological memory significantly predicted grammar development (27.9% of variance explained) in addition to the contribution made by vocabulary knowledge (9.5% of variance explained). Although phonological memory ability as measured by ENWR increased between Time 1 and Time 2, ANWR did not improve. The findings show that phonological memory plays an important role in L2 grammar development that is unmediated by lexical knowledge. They also provide evidence that phonological memory improves with language development, but that basic phonological memory capacity (as measured by ANWR in this study) remains unchanged over time. (As Provided).
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