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Andreou, Georgia; Karapetsas, Anargyros – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2004
The study investigated native language verbal skills among low and highly proficient bilinguals, using the WISC III verbal subtests. Highly proficient bilinguals showed a superiority for almost all verbal subtests. This finding lends support to Threshold Theory which maintains that bilinguals need to achieve high levels of linguistic proficiency…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Language Proficiency