Hemispheric Differences in the Processing of Words Learned Early Versus Later in Childhood

Bowers, J. Michael; Bradley, Kristopher I.; Kennison, Shelia M.

doi:10.1080/00221309.2013.783779

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“…The results of numerous studies revealed that parental involvement had a potential to improve student achievement and behavior (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1990;De Graaf, 1986;Farkas et al, 1990). Also, Buchmann et al (2010) indicated that the benefits of parental involvement incorporated higher test scores and grades, better school attendance, greater completion percentage of homework, more positive attitudes and behavior, superior graduation rates and greater enrollment in higher education.…”

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The Impact of Parents’ Involvement in and Attitude toward Their Children’s Foreign Language Programs for Learning English

Hosseinpour

Sherkatolabbasi

Yarahmadi

2015

IJALEL

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Since parents and their involvement and attitude have a crucial role in children's achievement in learning English, the present study is to explore and evaluate the impact of Iranian parents' involvement in and attitude toward their children's foreign language programs for learning English. In other words, the effectiveness of their high level of involvement and strength of attitude will be evaluated. Besides, this study is to explore whether some factors such as parents' gender, knowledge of English, income, and educational background are related in the parents' involvement and attitude or not. To this end, first of all, a reliable questionnaire, checked through a pilot study, was distributed among 140 parents to find out the level of their involvement in and attitude toward the programs. Based on the normal curve and the Z score, the parents were divided into two groups, one with a higher level of involvement and more positive attitude and the other with a lower level of involvement and less positive attitude. By using a standard final achievement test of the course book among 70 primary school student in third grade and Independent T-test analysis, the impact of parents' involvement and attitude were checked. As the results revealed those parents who have high level of involvement in and positive attitude toward their children's English language programs made their children's higher level of achievement in the language program. Besides, the further outcomes showed that there are significant differences between the parents' knowledge of English, income, and educational background and their level of involvement and attitude. The aforementioned factors affect children's achievement test scores as well.

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The Impact of Parents’ Involvement in and Attitude toward Their Children’s Foreign Language Programs for Learning English

Hosseinpour

Sherkatolabbasi

Yarahmadi

2015

IJALEL

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“…They indicated their decision by pressing one of two keys on the computer keyboard (the "Y" key with the left forefinger, and the "B" key with the right forefinger; for half of the participants, the "B" indicated a word response, and for the other half this response was reversed). [AQ: 1] Following a similar procedure as Bowers et al (2013), each trial started with a central presentation of a white fixation cross for 400 ms on a black screen. After a 50-ms blank interval, the fixation cross was displayed in red for 50 ms. After another 50-ms blank interval, the cross reappeared in white for 400 ms.…”

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“…Following a similar procedure as Bowers et al (2013), each trial started with a central presentation of a white fixation cross for 400 ms on a black screen. After a 50-ms blank interval, the fixation cross was displayed in red for 50 ms. After another 50-ms blank interval, the cross reappeared in white for 400 ms.…”

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“…However, a more recent study reported a different pattern of results. Bowers et al (2013) noted that none of the prior studies had measured reaction times (RTs) during lexical processing (only the accuracy of word recognition). RTs play a crucial role in experimental cognitive psychology because they are a direct reflection of the ongoing processes.…”

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Age of Acquisition and Spoken Words: Examining Hemispheric Differences in Lexical Processing

González-Álvarez

Cervera-Crespo

2022

Lang Speech

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The relationship between the age of acquisition (AoA) of words and their cerebral hemispheric representation is controversial because the experimental results have been contradictory. However, most of the lexical processing experiments were performed with stimuli consisting of written words. If we want to compare the processing of words learned very early in infancy—when children cannot read—with words learned later, it seems more logical to employ spoken words as experimental stimuli. This study, based on the auditory lexical decision task, used spoken words that were classified according to an objective criterion of AoA with extremely distant means (2.88 vs. 9.28 years old). As revealed by the reaction times, both early and late words were processed more efficiently in the left hemisphere, with no AoA × Hemisphere interaction. The results are discussed from a theoretical point of view, considering that all the experiments were conducted using adult participants.

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“…The neurological aspect involves lateralization in the brain hemisphere, the biological schedule, the right brain hemisphere participation and the importance of accent (Bowers et al, 2013). As the child matures, brain lateralization takes place, with the left hemisphere controlling the logical, intellectual and analytical functions and the right hemisphere focusing on the social and emotional functions (Azmitia, 2007).…”

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A Study of Attitudes Toward Learning English at an Early Age by Taiwanese Parents With Young Children

Lee

Chou

2014

Journal of Social Sciences

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This study aims to investigate the parental attitudes towards young children's learning English in kindergarten at an early age. The subjects of the research survey are comprised of 189,792 young children enrolled in Taiwan kindergartens as the population. This number underwent stratified random sampling using a ratio of 0.5%, yielding a total of 949 samples. The number of valid questionnaires recovered was 709 and the valid response rate was 76.2%. The results of the subsequent analysis of the data are indicated as follows: Parents living in central and northern Taiwan with educational backgrounds of graduate school or higher tend to disagree in their attitudes towards young children learning English at an early age as compared to the attitudes of parents living in southern Taiwan with high school degrees. Parents agreeing more with secular parenting concepts tend to concur more in their attitudes towards young children learning English at an early age. The views of parents living in various regions with different educational backgrounds towards young children learning English at an early age are primarily affected by their views on secular parenting concepts. Specific research implications of these findings are discussed in the latter part of this article.

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Hemispheric Differences in the Processing of Words Learned Early Versus Later in Childhood

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The Impact of Parents’ Involvement in and Attitude toward Their Children’s Foreign Language Programs for Learning English

The Impact of Parents’ Involvement in and Attitude toward Their Children’s Foreign Language Programs for Learning English

Age of Acquisition and Spoken Words: Examining Hemispheric Differences in Lexical Processing

A Study of Attitudes Toward Learning English at an Early Age by Taiwanese Parents With Young Children

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