Short-term memory and knowledge of L1 and L2 by Roma children of Cyprus
Hristo Kyuchukov,
Helen Kyratji,
Chryso Pelekani
Abstract:The study of short-term memory and language learning conducted with primary school Roma children in Cyprus aimed to determine how children who grow up in economically disadvantaged families learn their mother tongue (L1) Turkish and their second language (L2) Cypriot Greek. Two groups of children (20 children aged 8 and 20 children aged 10), a total of 40, were tested with the Picture short-term memory test, the Peabody vocabulary test, the sentence repetition test and the number repetition test. The study see… Show more
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