Sentence repetition and non-word repetition tests are widely-used measures of language processing which are sensitive to language ability. Surprisingly little previous work has -economic status (SES) affects their sentence and nonword repetition accuracy. This study investigates sentence and non-word repetition using an adaptation of the Grammar and Phonology Screening (GAPS) test. The sample comprised 126 typically-developing Spanish-monolingual Chilean children aged 5;6 from low (n=65) and high (n=61) socioeconomic status (SES) families. The results revealed that the high SES group scored significantly higher than the low SES group in the sentence repetition task, but there was no group difference for non-word repetition. The high SES group also scored significantly higher on a measure of vocabulary comprehension, and when vocabulary comprehension was taken into account, the group difference in sentence repetition was no longer significant. We discuss how the differential effect of SES on sentence and non-word repetition might be explained by differences in the language and cognitive mechanisms involved in the two tasks, and we discuss the clinical implications of our findings.

Se puso a prueba empírica el efecto del género y nivel socioeconómico (NSE) de los alumnos en las expectativas de los profesores en formación. Participaron 108 estudiantes de pedagogía, los que leyeron una historia acerca de un estudiante hipotético que presentaba problemas conductuales y de rendimiento. Se manipuló el sexo y NSE del estudiante, creando 4 condiciones. Los participantes percibieron que los estudiantes de NSE bajo tenían peores características personales y un futuro académico menos promisorio, no encontrándose diferencias por género. Los participantes de último año de carrera presentaron expectativas más positivas para los niños de NSE bajo que los de primer año. Las expectativas más negativas de los estudiantes de pedagogía respecto de los estudiantes de NSE bajo podrían contribuir a explicar la baja eficacia de los profesores en escuelas vulnerables.

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