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The Intellectual Power of Bilingualism.
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Diaz, Rafael M. – 1985
While early research suggests that bilingualism creates a language handicap in individuals, more recent and methodologically better research clearly supports the advantages of bilingualism in promoting overall cognitive development. Three major explanations for this improved development are proposed: that (1) the bilingual-bicultural child…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Development