The Effects of cognitive Development on Bilingual Children with a Comparison to Monolingual Children. Lingistics 8-2, 59-78. The purpose of this article is to show the effects of cognitive development on bilingualism. The first part of this article pr...
The Effects of cognitive Development on Bilingual Children with a Comparison to Monolingual Children. Lingistics 8-2, 59-78. The purpose of this article is to show the effects of cognitive development on bilingualism. The first part of this article presents advantages of bilingualism focusing on cognitive development, which is related to metalinguistic awareness, cognitive flexibility, nonverbal problem solving, reading comprehension, and analogical reasoning.. The second part of the article introduces one of the effective bilingual education programs in the United States. In the immersion program, students are learning through two languages, and it aims to develop dual language proficiency along with academic achievement. (Kijeon Women`s College)