Bilingual Cognition versus Monolingual Cognition

"Peal and Lambert (1962) [...] found in a sample of Canadian children that bilinguals outperformed monolinguals on both verbal and nonverbal measures of intelligence. This study stimulated further research, which also found evidence for positive effects of bilingualism on cognitive ability."
1. The effect of bilingualism on cognitive ability: A test of the level of bilingualism hypothesis (Applied Psycholinguistics 16 (1995), 293-308 Printed in the United States of America)
2. The validity of sources which pre-date this piece of research have a questionable validity and reliability...
  1. What sources are valid?
    1. Modern - more scientific, more control over extraneous variables.
    2. Temporal validity?
    3. Cultural validity?
    4. Can the studies be applied to real-world situations?
      1. External validity
        Ecological validity
  2. Which sources are reliable?
    1. Scientific journals
      1. Peer-reviewed articles
    2. Academic
      1. Published by universities
Cognitive Processes
1. Thinking
2. Memory
3. Perception
4. Attention
5. Language
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3794479.stm
1. Date of access: 15/06/2016
Bilingual - a person fluent in two languages.
Monolingual - a person who speaks only one language.
What aspects of cognition could I look at?
1. Memory
2. General Intelligence
3. Critical thinking
4. Dual-task performance
5. Non-verbal reasoning
6. Problem-solving
  1. Mathematical problems
Ideas about bilingualism in society.
1. Are there any misconceptions?
2. Is society aware of the benefits of bilingualism?
  1. Influences on the education system - more emphasis on MFL?
3. What proportion of the world's population is bilingual?

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