Non-word repetition assesses phonological memory and is related to vocabulary development in 20- to 24-month-olds

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Hoff, Erika Core, Cynthia Bridges, Kelly
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Two studies test the hypotheses that individual differences in phonological memory among children younger than two years can be assessed using a non-word repetition task (NWR) and that these differences are related to the children's rates of vocabulary development. NWR accuracy, real word repetition accuracy and productive vocabulary were assessed in 15 children between 1 ; 9 and 2 ; 0 in Study 1 and in 21 children between 1 ; 8 and 2 ; 0 in Study 2. In both studies, NWR accuracy was significantly related to vocabulary percentile and, furthermore, uniquely accounted for a substantial portion of the variance in vocabulary when real word repetition accuracy was held constant. The findings establish NWR as a valid measure of phonological memory in very young children, and they open the door for further studies of the role of phonological memory in early word learning.
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Ending Page	916
Page Count	14
Starting Page	903
ISSN	03050009
e-ISSN	14697602
DOI	10.1017/s0305000908008751
Journal	Journal of Child Language
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	35
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2008-11-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal of Child Language Mathematical Psychology Word Repetition Phonological Memory Nwr Accuracy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology Linguistics and Language