Short-term memory and working memory in children as a function of language-specific knowledge in English and Spanish |
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| Authors: | Silvia Lanfranchi H Lee Swanson |
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| Institution: | aUniversity of Padova, Italy;bGraduate School of Education, Area of Educational Psychology and Special Education, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States |
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| Abstract: | This study determined the degree to which the phonological and executive components of memory reflect language-specific capacities in Spanish and English vocabulary. We tested whether the memory processes in a sample of English language learners found in Grade 1 also emerged in Grade 2. For the total sample (N = 90), Grade 1 English STM measures shared a common construct with Spanish STM, whereas Grade 2 STM measures were language dependent. In contrast, WM measures were language independent across grades 1 and 2. When vocabulary subgroups were analyzed, a subgroup × type of memory task emerged. The results showed that performance on Spanish and English STM tasks were a function of high and low Spanish and English vocabulary knowledge, whereas WM was not. The relationship between language-specific processes in memory was discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Short-term memory Working memory bilingualism Children |
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