Introducing Variability into the Word Learning of Adults

Autor/inn/en	Saletta Fitzgibbons, Meredith; Stein, Amy Buros
Titel	Introducing Variability into the Word Learning of Adults
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 44 (2023) 4, S.239-246 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/15257401231157981
Schlagwörter	Adult Learning; Vocabulary Development; Language Processing; Young Adults; Speech Communication; Articulation (Speech); Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Intelligence Tests; Nonverbal Ability; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Test of Nonverbal Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Wortschatzarbeit; Sprachverarbeitung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Phonetik; Fonetik; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest
Abstract	We inquired whether introducing variability into a word-learning task would facilitate, inhibit, or have a neutral effect on adults' speech production and language learning. Twenty young adults from the U.S. Midwest with typical development participated. They repeated four novel words 10 times sequentially (blocked practice) and another four novel words 10 times in a mixed order (varied practice). We compared participants' speech production and language learning in the blocked practice and varied practice conditions. We also repeated the language-learning probes after a period of consolidation. In comparison with the blocked practice condition, a varied practice schedule did not improve speech production, short-term language learning, or long-term language learning. Introducing variability into this word-learning task had a neutral effect on young adults' speech production and language learning. Further research is necessary to determine how to apply these concepts to teaching word-learning strategies to children or adults with typical or atypical development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01