Associative word learning predicts later vocabulary development: a longitudinal investigation.

Prior research has demonstrated the relationship between children's early processing and learning abilities with their language and cognitive skills later in life. However, the extent to which children's early non-native language learning ability can predict later linguistic performance remains uncl...

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Publicado en:Language Learning & Development Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 331 - 346
Autores principales: Liu, Liquan, Armstrong, Mitchell, Doyle, Frances L.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul-Sep2025
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          Liu, Liquan
          Armstrong, Mitchell
          Doyle, Frances L.
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          School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
          The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
          Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian Research Council, Canberra, Australia
          Graduate School of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
          School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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        Task performance
        Learning
        Analysis of variance
        Vocabulary
        Language acquisition
        Children
        Pearson correlation (Statistics)
        Sound
        Computer software
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        Educational outcomes
        Multiple regression analysis
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        Auditory perception
        Visual perception
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          Task performance
          Learning
          Analysis of variance
          Vocabulary
          Language acquisition
          Children
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          Sound
          Computer software
          T-test (Statistics)
          Educational outcomes
          Multiple regression analysis
          Questionnaires
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          Longitudinal method
          Pre-tests & post-tests
          Statistics
          Auditory perception
          Visual perception
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      ab: Prior research has demonstrated the relationship between children's early processing and learning abilities with their language and cognitive skills later in life. However, the extent to which children's early non-native language learning ability can predict later linguistic performance remains unclear. Thus, this longitudinal study examined whether associative word learning ability in the first year after birth was predictive of their later linguistic performance. Fifty-one typically developing Australian English-learning first-year infants participated in an associative word learning task in which their ability to associate non-native tones with novel objects was examined. When participants reached 6–7 years, their vocabulary scores were assessed via the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (fourth edition). Although no robust associative word learning was observed in infancy, a positive correlation between infants' learning outcomes and later vocabulary size was observed. As the learning targets were non-native to infants, we argue that the ability to associate new sounds with new information may serve as one of the learning mechanisms that drives children's word development across ages in addition to language-specific mechanisms and language-induced developmental changes.
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