The performance of L2 French children on the Litmus-QU Nonword repetition task during their first year of exposure
Impact of age, vocabulary size, verbal-short term memory and phonological awareness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15087397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Letícia Almeida (0000-0003-0611-9523, Lisbon School of Design), Christophe Coupé (0000-0002-3323-9742, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1015-1029 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s136672892400083x |
| OpenAlex | W4406847677 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
In this study, we describe the performance of 62 newly immigrated children to France at a nonword repetition task (LITMUS-QU-NWR-FR) designed to evaluate bilingual children’s syllable structure. Children were between 6;0 and 9;1 and had diverse language backgrounds. They participated in our study during their first year of exposure to French. The majority of our children exhibited a good performance on the task. The variation observed is related to: (i) the properties of the nonwords: items with complex syllables are more difficult, as are items with three syllables in length; (ii) phonological awareness: children with a more developed L2 phonological awareness perform better at the task; and (iii) receptive vocabulary size: children with a larger L2 vocabulary size perform better at the task. Overall, our findings provide support for the argument that the LITMUS-QU-NWR-FR task can be used shortly after the onset of exposure to the L2
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Literacy · Litmus · Phonological awareness · Phonology · Short-term memory · Vocabulary · Working memory · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |