Human Growth and Development / Unit 5 HGD 0644 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bilingual Preschoolers
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The idea
Children exposed to two languages may mix them or know fewer words in each at first, then become fluent with regular exposure.
In practice
Research by Ellen Bialystok reporting bilingual children outperforming monolinguals on inhibitory control, ignoring irrelevant information.
Where people slip
The misconception is that mixing languages means confusion. Mixing is normal, and both one-parent-one-language and mixed approaches work.
Your place on the trail
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