Language-Specific Non-Words for the Assessment of Working Memory: Dealing with Bilingual Children

Autor/inn/en	Zaretsky, Eugen; Lange, Benjamin P.
Titel	Language-Specific Non-Words for the Assessment of Working Memory: Dealing with Bilingual Children
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 44 (2023) 4, S.219-227 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/15257401221113064
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; German; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Proficiency; Task Analysis; Short Term Memory; Monolingualism; Preschool Children; Comparative Analysis; Linguistic Input; Vocabulary Development; Scores; Test Items; Item Analysis; Culture Fair Tests; Screening Tests; Phonemes; Phonetics; Language Impairments; Language Classification; Native Language; Kindergarten; Age Differences; Attendance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Deutscher; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Aufgabenanalyse; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sprachbildung; Wortschatzarbeit; Test content; Testaufgabe; Itemanalyse; Screening-Verfahren; Fonem; Phonetik; Fonetik; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Sprachtypologie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Anwesenheit
Abstract	Bilingual children with a limited command of the second language (L2) often yield unsatisfactory results in L2-based non-word repetition tasks (NWRT) for the assessment of working memory. In this study, monolinguals (MO) and bilinguals (BI) of preschool age acquiring German were compared in regard to their performance on German-based NWRT to choose test items that do not put BI at a disadvantage. Four-year-old children (N = 876) were tested with the German language screenings "Sprachscreening für das Vorschulalter" (SSV) and "Kindersprachscreening" (KiSS), including 38 non-words. BI scored significantly lower in NWRT than MO due to a limited command of German as well as a limited language input (e.g., length of kindergarten attendance). After the statistical deletion of children who did not speak German age-appropriately, BI outperformed MO on the SSV, without significant differences on the KiSS. Performance on NWRT depended on the children's command of the German vocabulary and phonotactics. Several relatively "culture-fair" NWRT items were identified. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01