Direct and mediated effects of language and cognitive skills on comprehension of oral narrative texts (listening comprehension) for children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-120

  Kim, Young Suk Grace ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension monitoring; Grammar; Inference; Listening comprehension; Text (narrative) comprehension; Theory of mind; Vocabulary; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUTH KOREA; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NARRATION; READING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84940865592     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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