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ERIC Number: EJ1173864
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Mar
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Bilingualism and Procedural Learning in Typically Developing Children and Children with Language Impairment
Park, Jisook; Miller, Carol A.; Rosenbaum, David A.; Sanjeevan, Teenu; van Hell, Janet G.; Weiss, Daniel J.; Mainela-Arnold, Elina
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v61 n3 p634-644 Mar 2018
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether dual language experience affects procedural learning ability in typically developing children and in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Method: We examined procedural learning in monolingual and bilingual school-aged children (ages 8-12 years) with and without SLI. The typically developing children (35 monolinguals, 24 bilinguals) and the children with SLI (17 monolinguals, 10 bilinguals) completed a serial reaction time task. Results: The typically developing monolinguals and bilinguals exhibited equivalent sequential learning effects, but neither group with SLI exhibited learning of sequential patterns on the serial reaction time task. Conclusion: Procedural learning does not appear to be modified by language experience, supporting the notion that it is a child-intrinsic language learning mechanism that is minimally malleable to experience.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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