Cognitive abilities underlying second-language vocabulary acquisition in an early second-language immersion education context: A longitudinal study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 655-671

  Nicolay, Anne Catherine ^a   Poncelet, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional functions; Bilingualism; Executive functions; Phonological abilities; Second language immersion education; Second language vocabulary acquisition

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84878583223     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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