Bilingualism and executive functions : study of working memory, selective attention, cognitive flexibility, planning in monolingual and bilingual children
Joint Authors
Bin Aissa, Ahmad
Bu Duh, Muhammad
Source
Review of Psychological and Educational Studies
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 4 (31 Oct. 2020), pp.350-361, 12 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2020-10-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
An emerging topic in cognitive development is the issue of bilingualism and whether it constitutes an advantage in children's performance on executive function.
This issue has been discussed and debated in several studies; many of them have shown that bilingual children outperform monolinguals on tasks testing executive functioning, but other studies have not revealed any effect of bilingualism.
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of bilingualism on children's executive functions (Working memory, Selective attention, Planning and Cognitive flexibility).
Participants were a hundred children aged between 8 -11 years old; divided between fifty Arabic - French bilingual and fifty Arabic monolingual children.
We administered the child language experience and proficiency questionnaire, digit span, visual attention, the wisconsin card sorting and Rey complex figure tasks in order to examine their abilities in executive functions.
The results showed a significant difference between bilingual and monolingual children in executive function tasks.
The bilingual outperformed monolinguals in all tasks administered in the study.
Abstract FRE
Parmi les sujets dominants sur dans le développement cognitif c'est la question du bilinguisme.
Et des questionnements sur un éventuel avantage dans les performances des enfants dans les fonctions exécutives.
Cette question a été discutée dans plusieurs études.
Alors que de nombreuses études ont montré que les enfants bilingues sont meilleurs que les monolingues dans les tâches des fonctions exécutives.
D‟autres études n'ont montré aucun effet sur bilinguisme.
l‟objectif de cette étude est d‟examiner les effets du bilinguisme sur les fonctions exécutives (la mémoire de travail, l‟attention sélective, la planification, la flexibilité cognitive) chez les élèves.
Les participants étaient cent enfants algériens, cinquante (50) enfants bilingues (arabe / français) et cinquante (50) enfants monolingues (arabe) âgés entre 8 et 11 ans.
Nous avons administré le questionnaire de l'expérience et les compétences linguistiques, test de mémoire de chiffres, test d'attention visuelle, test de wisconsin card sorting, test de la figure complexe de Rey; afin d'examiner leurs capacités dans les fonctions exécutives.
Les résultats ont montré une différence significative entre les élèves bilingues et monolingues dans les tâches des fonctions exécutives, les bilingues étaient meilleurs que les monolingues durant l‟étude.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bin Aissa, Ahmad& Bu Duh, Muhammad. 2020. Bilingualism and executive functions : study of working memory, selective attention, cognitive flexibility, planning in monolingual and bilingual children. Review of Psychological and Educational Studies،Vol. 13, no. 4, pp.350-361.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-982015
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bin Aissa, Ahmad& Bu Duh, Muhammad. Bilingualism and executive functions : study of working memory, selective attention, cognitive flexibility, planning in monolingual and bilingual children. Review of Psychological and Educational Studies Vol. 13, no. 4 (Oct. 2020), pp.350-361.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-982015
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bin Aissa, Ahmad& Bu Duh, Muhammad. Bilingualism and executive functions : study of working memory, selective attention, cognitive flexibility, planning in monolingual and bilingual children. Review of Psychological and Educational Studies. 2020. Vol. 13, no. 4, pp.350-361.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-982015
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 360-361
Record ID
BIM-982015