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Rhythmic Music Training's Effect on Syntactic Structure Processing among Malay Adolescents with Syntactic Specific
Hui Ying Jong1, Rozaida Abdul Rauf1, Jafri Malin Abdullah2
1School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Background:
Adolescents with syntactic specific language impairment (S-SLI) fail to comprehend which object questions. We hypothesised that rhythmic music training is more effective in treating this condition than conventional methods because music is often perceived as having a clear, isochronous beat or pulse. Thus, this study aims to investigate the effects of rhythmic music training on the syntactic structure processing of Malay which questions among native adolescents.
Methods:
In this research study, the participants were three groups of Malay adolescents aged 13 years old-15 years old: i) adolescents with S-SLI with music training, ii) adolescents with S-SLI without music training and iii) typically developing adolescents. Before and after music training, the participants were given a sentence-picture matching task. Accuracy measures and reaction times were captured using E-Prime 2.0.
Results:
The results indicated that with music training, the accuracy and reaction time associated with which object questions among the two SLI groups were significantly higher and lower, respectively.
Conclusion:
The implications of using rhythmic music training in enhancing syntactic structure processing are also discussed.
