Executive and phonological processes in second-language acquisition

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 974-986

  Engel de Abreu, Pascale M J ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive processes; Phonological awareness; Phonological short term memory; Second language acquisition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874441824     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028390     Document Type: Article

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