significant. Comparison of children’s performance between the two post tests within
each linguistic condition revealed the same pattern only for the Contrast condition.
To what extent does children ,s performance on the contrast task differ by their existing
vocabulary?
• Children’s performance on the contrast task did not differ by their existing
vocabulary. The same pattern was found within each age group and linguistic
condition.
To -what extent does children ,s performance on the contrast task differ by their phonological
memory?
• Children’s performance in the contrast task did not differ significantly by their
phonological memory. The same pattern was found within each age group and
linguistic condition except for the Contrast condition.Children with high
phonological memory in the contrast condition performed significantly better than
children with low phonological memory for both post tests.
Error analysis
• Different responses were given by the children in the contrast task. These are the
following: (a) “No responses”', (ff,Use of a basic level -word” (c ) “Given
contrast”. From the responses provided, most of the children provided significantly
more “given contrast” responses than “basic level word" responses from the same
semantic category. The same pattern was evident within each age group and linguistic
condition.
Concluding remarks for the contrast task
► The analysis of the contrast task demonstrated that the older children performed better
than the younger ones for both post tests. The same pattern was found for the
Contrast condition. Differences by linguistic condition were also found. The children
in the Contrast condition performed better than the children in the other conditions
for both post tests. Overall, they performed better during the immediate than the
delayed post test. Children’s performance on the contrast task did not differ by their
existing vocabulary and by their phonological memory except for the Contrast
condition. Particularly, the children in the contrast condition with high phonological
memory performed better than the children with low phonological memory.