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Bilingualism in development : language, literacy, and cognition /
Bilingualism in Development is an examination of the language and cognitive development of bilingual children focusing primarily on the preschool years. It begins by defining the territory for what is included in bilingualism and how language proficiency can be conceptualized. Using these constraint...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Bilingualism in Development is an examination of the language and cognitive development of bilingual children focusing primarily on the preschool years. It begins by defining the territory for what is included in bilingualism and how language proficiency can be conceptualized. Using these constraints, the discussion proceeds to review the research relevant to various aspects of children's development and assesses the role that bilingualism has in each. The areas covered include language acquisition, metalinguistic ability, literacy skill, and problem-solving ability. In each case, the performance of bilingual children is compared to that of similar monolinguals, and differences are interpreted in terms of a theoretical framework for cognitive development and processing. The studies show that bilingualism significantly accelerates children's ability to selectively attend to relevant information and inhibit attention to misleading information or competing responses. This conclusion is used as the basis for examining a set of related issues regarding the education and social circumstances of bilingual children. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511605963 051160596X 0511012373 9780511012372 051103590X 9780511035906 0511173652 9780511173653 9780521632317 0521632315 9780521635073 0521635071 1280432233 9781280432231 1107115760 9781107115767 0511303289 9780511303289 0511051131 9780511051135 0511152809 9780511152801 |