Bilingualism as a Catalyst for Social Development in Children
[Source: Science Daily]
As children learn more about the world through the people around them, the diversity in languages presents them with a unique opportunity for better social-cognitive learning.
Past research has shown that children who grew up bilingual have heightened sensitivities to communicative cues and are more adept at understanding a speaker’s context and intent. An area that had yet to be explored was the role of bilingualism in a child’s ability to assess communicative cues along with the speaker’s context and intent.
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