Linguistic Competence in Early Childhood Education as a Predictor of Verbal Naming Speed
Background: This study determined the predictive value of linguistic competence in children in Early Childhood Education for verbal naming speed. Method: The participants were 86 pupils in the second Early Childhood Education cycle. They were evaluated with WPPSI-IV Wechsler Preschool & Primary...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Psicothema 2021-10, Vol.33 (4), p.610-616 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background: This study determined the predictive value of linguistic competence in children in Early Childhood Education for verbal naming speed. Method: The participants were 86 pupils in the second Early Childhood Education cycle. They were evaluated with WPPSI-IV Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence (Verbal Comprehension, VC) and Vocabulary Acquisition, VA; Childish Vocabulary Test (Vavel) and the Rapid and Automatic Naming Test. Results: Children who had high scores in the Verbal Comprehension Index and Vocabulary Acquisition spent less time doing the verbal naming task. Linguistic competence predicted verbal naming speed, with Vavel having the strongest correlation. Conclusions: Linguistic competence of children in Early Childhood Education allows us to predict their aptitude for verbal naming. Lexical-semantic knowledge was linguistic competence dimension with the highest predictive value for the Verbal Naming Task. Automatic Naming and Verbal Comprehension depend on the same cerebral area, Wernicke's area. Keywords: Children's language competence; naming speed; early detection; learning disabilities. La Competencia Linguistica en Educacion Infantil Como Predictor de la Velocidad de Denominacion Verbal. Antecedentes: el presente estudio determino el valor predictivo de la competencia linguistica de ninos/as de Educacion Infantil en la velocidad de denominacion verbal. Metodo: participaron 86 alumnos de segundo ciclo de Educacion Infantil, quienes fueron evaluados con los Indices de Comprension Verbal (ICV) y Adquisicion de Vocabulario (AV) de WPPSI-IV; Vavel Infantil y el Test de Denominacion Verbal (TDV). Resultados: alumnos/as que obtuvieron una puntuacion elevada en el ICV y en AV precisaron de menos tiempo en el TDV. La competencia linguistica predijo la velocidad de denominacion, siendo Vavel Infantil la tarea que obtuvo una mayor correlacion. Conclusiones: la competencia linguistica de ninos/as de Educacion Infantil permite predecir su aptitud para denominacion verbal. El conocimiento lexico-semantico fue la dimension de competencia linguistica con mayor valor predictivo para el TDV. Las tareas propuestas dependen de la misma base anatomica. Las tareas de denominacion y comprension lexica estan ligadas al lobulo temporal y, mas concretamente, al area de Wernicke. Palabras clave: competencia linguistica infantil; velocidad de denominacion; deteccion precoz; dificultades de aprendizaje. |
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ISSN: | 0214-9915 1886-144X |
DOI: | 10.7334/psicothema2020.180 |