Working memory and language: A latent variable longitudinal study

Engel de Abreu, Pascale; Gathercole, S

Reference : Working memory and language: A latent variable longitudinal study


	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Poster
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Theoretical & cognitive psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/1961

Title :	Working memory and language: A latent variable longitudinal study
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Engel de Abreu, Pascale [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Educational Measurement and Applied Cognitive Science (EMACS)]
	Gathercole, S []
Publication date :	Nov-2008
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
Event name :	49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics
Event date :	November 13 – November 16, 2008
Event place (city) :	Chicago
Event country :	USA
Keywords :	[en] working memory ; phonological awareness ; language
Abstract :	[en] The relationship between working memory, phonological awareness, and developing language skills was explored longitudinally in children growing up in a multilingual society. A sample of 121 children from Luxembourg were followed from kindergarten to first grade, and completed multiple assessments of working memory, phonological awareness, native and foreign vocabulary knowledge, language comprehension, and reading. Relations between the measures were best characterized by a model consisting of two related but separable constructs—corresponding to verbal short-term memory and the central executive—that were distinct from phonological awareness. Assessments of verbal short-term memory in kindergarten significantly predicted vocabulary knowledge and comprehension in native and foreign languages 1 year later: Central executive and verbal short-term memory measures in kindergarten were significantly associated with reading in first grade, and phonological awareness did not predict any of the language constructs.
Funders :	ESRC
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/1961

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