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Direct linkBialystok, Ellen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2007
Bilinguals must have a mechanism for controlling attention to their two language systems in order to achieve fluent performance in each language without intrusions from the other. This paper examines the evidence that the experience of controlling attention to two languages boosts the development of executive control processes in childhood for…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Language Fluency, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedBialystok, Ellen – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the metalinguistic ability of monolingual or bilingual children between five and nine years of age on two language tasks (grammaticality judgment and correction). (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
The Relationship Between Bilingualism and the Development of Cognitive Processes in Problem Solving.
Peer reviewedBialystok, 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
