Naming speed
Rote learning ability
Phonetic coding ability
Executive functions
inductive language learning ability
Phonological awareness
Working memory
the ability to identify distinct sounds, to form association between those sounds and symbols representing them, and to retain these associations
an individual’s ability to access and retrieve words quickly
identifying and manipulating units of oral language – parts such as words, syllables, and onsets and rimes
the ability to learn associations between sounds and meanings rapidly and efficiently, and to retain these associations
complex cognitive processes that are involved in effective goal-directed behaviour including metacognitive knowledge about tasks and strategies, self-regulatory processes such as goal-setting, planning and monitoring
to infer or induce the rules governing a set of language materials, given sample language materials that permit such inferences
A cognitive system that activates and maintains short-lived memory items active for further processing
