This was a five session study in which 7 year old children learned Italian noun phrases ("determiner + noun"). We tested learning of trained noun phrases as well as generalization of gender-markings to novel nouns.
**Session 1**
- Listen and repeat test
- Noun introduction task
- Noun training task
**Session 2**
- Noun training task
- Background Measure 1: Nonverbal IQ test (WASI matrices)
- Background Measure 2: Predictive listening test
**Session 3**
- Noun training task
- Two-picture forced choice test
- Production test
- Two-phrase forced choice test
- Listen and repeat test
**Session 4**
- Noun training task
- Background Measure 3: Verbal working memory (AWMA listening recall)
- Background Measure 4: Vocabulary (BPVS)
**Session 5**
- Noun training task
- Two-picture forced choice test
- Production test
- Two-phrase forced choice test
- Listen and repeat test
- Post-experiment interview