The Importance Of Phonological Working Memory

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Being phonologically aware is very important for a child but being able to retain what they have learned is of equal importance. Phonological working memory involves storing phoneme information in a temporary, short-term memory store (Wagner & Torgensen, 1987). Phonological working memory is responsible for the storage and manipulation of information needed for cognitive operation. This name is usually synonymous to short-term memory or working memory. It is a simple system used to deal with different types of information in a short period of time. The phonological working memory is a limited capacity system because there is a limited space for the temporary storage of verbal material while information is being processed (Baddely, AD, 1986). …show more content…
Phonological circuit comprehends phonological information storage (phonological buffer) and articulatory control system (rehearsal). Phonological storage represents a temporary place from verbal items of the phonological codes that occur in one to two seconds. The articulatory control system keeps phonological material stored in phonological working memory until they are coded, to be strengthened by a regular repeated process (Gathercole S.E., Baddeley AD, 1995). Some factors that can affect phonological working memory in relation to its phonological storage are the similarity in the effect of phonology and the effect of the length of the word. (Baddeley AD 1986). Research of the similarity phonological effect demonstrates that sequences of phonologically similar words are less remembered than non-similar words sequences (Hulme C, Thompson N, Muir C, Lawrence A, 1984). This suggests that verbal information is represented through a specific phonological storage instead of a visual or semantic …show more content…
Language and memory develop according to the age growth and they interact and depend on each other. Phonological working memory is related to syntax because it maintains the main lexical items to phrase construction until the moment that syntax rules and articulatory programming can be applied to speech production. Linguistic knowledge and phonological working memory work together and because they interact, deficits on phonological working memory may produce difficulties in comprehension and language learning. This is because the child will not be able to recall the linguistic information or to process it fast enough. Some children may also have a deficit in linguistic knowledge that can be observed by difficulties in phrase comprehension or in the ability of learning new words. Due to the lack of enough linguistic knowledge, children with such deficits are not able to correctly process information that shows the functioning in bi-directional influence of language on phonological working memory (Montgomery