It has been claimed that bilingual experience leads to an enhancement of cognitive control
across the lifespan, a claim that has been investigated by comparing monolingual and …

According to some estimates, more than half of the world's population is multilingual to some
extent. Because of the centrality of language use to human experience and the deep …

Bilingualism was once thought to result in cognitive disadvantages, but research in recent
decades has demonstrated that experience with two (or more) languages confers a bilingual …

Research examining the cognitive consequences of bilingualism has expanded rapidly in
recent years and has revealed effects on aspects of cognition across the lifespan. However …

THE PHENOMENON OF MULTILINGUALISM is as old as humanity, but multilingualism has
been catapulted to a new world order in the 21st century. Social relations, knowledge …

Bilingual education has been an educational option in many countries for over 50 years but
it remains controversial, especially in terms of its appropriateness for all children. The …

In this article, I review research examining the effect of bilingualism on children's cognitive
development and in particular, executive function. I describe studies reporting bilingual …

Learning a second language in childhood is inherently advantageous for communication.
However, parents, educators and scientists have been interested in determining whether …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

Two studies are reported in which younger and older monolingual and bilingual adults
performed executive function tasks. In Study 1, 130 participants performed a Stroop task and …