Does Nonlinguistic Segmentation Predict Literacy in Second Language Education? Statistical Learning in Ivorian Primary Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4503296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin D Zinszer (0000-0002-4568-3568, Swarthmore College, corresponding author), Joelle Hannon (0000-0001-9719-2683, University of Delaware), Aya Élise Kouadio (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny), Hermann Akpé (0000-0002-9056-6360, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny), Fabrice Tanoh (0000-0002-6944-8829, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny), Anqi Hu (0009-0005-9201-9757, University of Delaware), Zhenghan Qi (0000-0002-4812-8842, Northeastern University), Kaja Jasińska (University of Toronto), Kaja Kinga Jasińska (0000-0002-8851-1627, Haskins Laboratories) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1039-1086 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lang.12603 |
| PMID | 39099580 |
| OpenAlex | W4385415922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 73 |
Statistical learning is a learning mechanism that does not directly depend on knowledge of a language but predicts language and literacy outcomes for children and adults. Research linking statistical learning and literacy has not addressed a common educational context in primary schools worldwide: children who first learn to read in their second language (L2). Several studies have linked statistical learning with childhood literacy in Australia, China, Europe, and the United States, and we preregistered an adaptation for Côte d'Ivoire, where students are educated in French and speak a local language at home. We recruited 117 sixth-graders from primary schools in several villages and tested for correlations greater than .30 between statistical learning and literacy with 80-90% power. We found no evidence for these correlations between statistical learning and literacy, but visual statistical learning was correlated with L2 phonological awareness, a crucial emergent-literacy skill. This finding underscores the need to include L2 acquisition contexts in literacy research
Context (archaeology) · First language · Geography · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Primary education · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
Educational resource use during Covid-19 school closures, child cocoa agricultural work, and learning outcomes in rural Côte d’Ivoire
Language Development Problems Encountered During the Literacy Process in Primary School Students
Variability in the age of schooling contributes to the link between literacy and numeracy in Côte d'Ivoire
Uncovering Sampling Biases, Advancing Inclusivity, and Rethinking Theoretical Accounts in Second Language Acquisition
Bayesian Cognitive Modeling
Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults
Multiple Comparisons among Means
Child Development and Emergent Literacy
Visual statistical learning in infancy
Orthographic and cognitive factors in the concurrent development of basic reading skills in two languages
Statistical learning as an individual ability
Mediation
The weirdest people in the world?
Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants
Evaluating Bilingual Children’s Native Language Abilities in Côte d’Ivoire
Toward a Model of Statistical Learning and Reading
Learning to read in environments with high risk of illiteracy
Individual differences in artificial and natural language statistical learning
Language policies in education in the People’s Republic of China
Statistical Language Learning
Implicit Learning of Written Regularities and Its Relation to Literacy Acquisition in a Shallow Orthography
Is a Phone‐Based Language and Literacy Assessment a Reliable and Valid Measure of Children's Reading Skills in Low‐Resource Settings
Cross-language transfer of phonological awareness
Oral language and code-related precursors to reading
The Analysis of Word Sounds by Young Children
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |