Relationships between vocabulary size, working memory, and phonological awareness in Spanish-speaking English language learners

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-123

  Gorman, Brenda K ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; Phonological awareness; Spanish; Vocabulary; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AWARENESS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84860632861     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0063)     Document Type: Article

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