News tagged with bilingual children

Kids show cultural gender bias

(PhysOrg.com) -- Talk about gender confusion! A recent study by University of Alberta researchers Elena Nicoladis and Cassandra Foursha-Stevenson in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology into whether speaki ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A second language gives toddlers an edge

Toddlers who learn a second language from infancy have an edge over their unilingual peers, according to a new study from Concordia University and York University in Canada and the Universite de Provence in France. As reported ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Lower lexical recall in bilingual kids no cause for alarm

If your French Immersion student is scratching their tête over not being able to think of the English word for sifflet or the French word for keyboard, a University of Alberta researcher has a sage piece of advice. Relax, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study finds that children can learn a second language in preschool

Interim results from an international research project which looks at bilingual education reveal that children can learn a second language as early as preschool.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Psychologists reveal the un, deux, trois of learning a second language

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parlez-vous français? If you were quick at learning foreign languages at school, it could be because your brain has an enhanced ability to remember sequences.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0