Phonological awareness, verbal working memory and rapid automatic naming as indicators of vocabulary development in preschool children

Introduction. According to the lexical restructuring model, development of vocabulary initiates phonological representations. Therefore, it can be predicted that children with developed will possess very specific representations words. Aim. The aim this research was determine significance awareness, verbal working memory, and rapid automatic naming as indicators expressive receptive in preschool children. Method. included 86 typical development. For assessment naming, vocabulary, subtests Clinical Evaluation Language Fundamentals -Fourth Edition battery were used. Results. results showed model containing age, 51% achievement variance on tasks (F = 7.73, df1 2, df2 75, p < .001) 38% 4.65, .001). In final only phoneme identification, substitution, (p .05) stood out statistically significant vocabulary. On other hand, analysis synthesis phonemes, .05). Conclusion. significantly contributed before reading acquisition.