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Words as Things: Development of Word Concept by Bilingual Children.
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Bialystok, Ellen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
The development of the concept of word is discussed in terms of specific advantages that might be available to bilingual children when compared with their monolingual peers. Three studies are reviewed in which bilingual children show more advanced understanding of some aspects of the concept of word than do monolingual children (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
The Relationship Between Bilingualism and the Development of Cognitive Processes in Problem Solving.
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Bialystok, Ellen; Majumder, Shilpi – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
A study examined the effects of differing degrees of bilingualism (English monolingual, English-French balanced bilingual, Bengali-English partial bilingual) on nonverbal problem-solving abilities of 71 grade-three children. The groups were compared on control of attention and analysis of knowledge. Results indicate the balanced bilinguals…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attention Control, Bengali, Bilingualism