title: Development of Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) in Simultaneous Kannada-English Biliterate Children.
abstract: RAN tests were administered to 600 typically developing children, 60 each from grade level one through grade ten (30 boys and 30 girls), who learn two distinct languages, English and Kannada simultaneously from the very first grade. The overall results were in accordance with similar previous studies in English and other European languages. The developmental trajectories were similar across the languages to a large extent; but the results also showed some differences across languages with respect to synchrony between the measures and the overall naming speed. Though some of the differences could be ascribed to the bilingual/biliterate culture and language use, there are enough scopes for future researches to examine these issues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, India.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddaiah
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, India.
authors.forename: Marita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.affiliation: DOS in Zoology, Genomics Laboratory, University of Mysore, Mysore, 570006, India.
authors.forename: Shyamala K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.affiliation: DOS in Zoology, Genomics Laboratory, University of Mysore, Mysore, 570006, India.
authors.forename: Nallur B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Ramachandra
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, India. prakashp@psychology.uni-mysore.ac.in.
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padakannaya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007807:Language Tests; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading
keywords: Development of RAN; Kannada-English biliterates; Naming speed; Rapid automatized naming (RAN)