The Exploration of the Differences in Working Memory Ability Between Monolingual and Bilingual Children

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10.2991/assehr.k.220504.043How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Bilingual children; Monolingual children; Chinese; English; Working memory; Simon task

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore whether bilingual children perform better in working memory tasks than monolingual children. A total of 60 Chinese monolingual and Chinese-English bilingual children from a kindergarten in Huainan participated in this experiment. The results indicated that monolingual children were better at processing information and suppressing cognitive interference than bilingual children, contrary to our hypothesis. However, differences in school levels and errors in assessing children’s family economic status in the study still need to be controlled for more carefully. In addition, further implications of this study and the shortcomings of bilingual education were also discussed.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinyi Qian
AU  - Yanhuan Wang
AU  - Youzhi Yao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - The Exploration of the Differences in Working Memory Ability Between Monolingual and Bilingual Children
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 234
EP  - 238
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.043
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.043
ID  - Qian2022
ER  -