Fonologiskt korttidsminne hos tvåspråkiga barn med och utan språkstörning
BilingualismArabicLanguage impairmentWorking memoryNon-word repetitionPsychologyPsykologiSocial Sciences
Repetition of Non- word (make- up word that has not some semantic content) has been proposed as a reliable index of phonological memory in children with language impairment (LI). The aim of this study was to find out the possible similarities and differences concerning phonotactic non-words and working memory in 18 bilingual Swedish-Arabic children with and without LI ages 4-6 years. The investigation was undertaken by conducting three tests including NEPSY, WPPSI-III and a Word repetition test. The results showed that there are not significant differences between the two groups regarding various parts of NEPSY. On the other hand the results showed two significant differences in WPPSI-III regarding Picture categories and Word repetition tests for Swedish Non-word. This will most likely mean that children with LI have poor representation for Swedish speech sound combinations and less ability to repetition non-words compared to children without LI.