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Al Saud, Al Johara Fahad – International Education Studies, 2016
Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that encounter the issue of bilingualism due to the spread of private schools that offer programs in different languages. This research is an attempt to investigate the impact of bilingualism on the creative capabilities (Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Details) of kindergarten children in Riyadh. It aims at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Kindergarten, Monolingualism
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Ghonsooly, Behzad; Showqi, Sara – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study investigates the possible influence of foreign language learning on individuals' divergent thinking abilities. Unlike the large body of research devoted to unfolding the effect of bilingualism on cognitive functions, foreign language learning has gained little attention. This study aimed at bringing into attention the distinctive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Creativity, Thinking Skills, Bilingualism
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Kharkhurin, Anatoliy V. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2009
This study continues the effort to investigate the possible influence of bilingualism on an individual's creative potential. The performances of Farsi-English bilinguals living in the UAE and Farsi monolinguals living in Iran were compared on the Culture Fair Intelligence Test battery and two creativity tests: divergent thinking test (the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Creative Thinking, Imagination, Indo European Languages