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Bilingualism, Cognition, and Learning

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Children who are bilingual present challenges to parents, teachers, and others that may be working with the child. This is especially apparent when a bilingual child reaches school-age and is faced with learning in a classroom setting. Please discuss.

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This solution outlines past and present research in the area of bilingualism and learning, as well as implications for teachers of students who speak more than one language. This document attempts to provide the reader with a brief understanding of past and present research on bilingual children.

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Previous research suggests that being a bilingual child was actually detrimental to cognitive and academic development. With advances in research, this perspective has changed. Currently it is believed that being bilingual actually ...

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