Native Language Literacy and Phonological Memory as Prerequisites for Learning English as a Foreign Language.

Dufva, Mia; Voeten, Marinus J. M.

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Publication Date: 1999

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Native Language Literacy and Phonological Memory as Prerequisites for Learning English as a Foreign Language.

Dufva, Mia; Voeten, Marinus J. M.

Applied Psycholinguistics, v20 n3 p329-48 Sep 1999

Examined the effects of phonological memory and native-language (NL) literacy acquisition on learning English as a foreign language. Subjects were Finnish first graders, who were age 7 at the beginning of the study. Results suggest NL literacy is highly significant for foreign-language learning and that one way to promote foreign-language learning is diagnosing NL literacy early. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Language Proficiency, Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, Memory, Phonology, Primary Education, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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