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Cook, Robert Francis – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
Foreign language study is important not only as a tool or a requisite for a job, but as mental discipline, to shape minds and exercise the intellect for all types of academic and career endeavors. (CHK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Language Instruction
Download full textCummins, James – 1977
Studies conducted with middle-class balanced bilinguals in "additive" environments, where both languages are prestigious, have generally reported that bilinguals showed a higher level of cognitive performance than monolinguals. In these studies, bilinguals showed higher levels of general intellectual skills, higher levels of divergent thinking, a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Ability
