Evidence for executive function advantages in low SES bilingual children. But why do they arise? A commentary on Grote, Scott and Gilger (2021)

Hofweber, Julia (2021) Evidence for executive function advantages in low SES bilingual children. But why do they arise? A commentary on Grote, Scott and Gilger (2021). First Language.

Abstract

In a study comparing executive functions among US Spanish-English bilinguals from low socio-economic (SES) backgrounds to monolinguals of each language, Grote et al. find that bilingual advantages already manifest themselves in pre-school children. This commentary recommends building on this finding, and further investigate the causes underlying the observed executive function (EF) modulations in child bilingualism. A closer investigation of bilingual children’s dominance profiles and their bilingual practices, such as code-switching, may shed light on how bilingualism shapes the developmental trajectory of executive functions. The commentary also challenges the notion of ‘monolingualism’, and discusses whether bilingualism variables should be operationalised in a continuous or in a categorical manner.

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Official URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01427...
Item Type:	Article
Disciplines:	Social Science > Psychology
Depositing User:	Julia Hofweber
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2023 09:55
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2024 09:51
URI:	https://nul.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1536

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