Psychology 3140F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psych, First Language, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
24 Oct 2016
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Theoretical informs the debate about the nature of linguistic knowledge and its structural relation with the mind. This question has been asked since the iq test was developed in the 1920s. Early research found bilinguals to have lower scores on iq tests than monolinguals: but testing was often done in their weaker language, such findings don"t reveal how bilingualism and intelligence might be related. Wallace lambert: groundbreaking work on the psychology of bilingualism, especially in social aspects. Bilingual francophones probably came from more well-educated families than monolinguals. John macnamara: phd study of english-irish bilinguals being educated in irish. Found that these bilingual children performed poorly on tests of language skills and math word problem solving. Warmed of the serious consequences of such immersion education: weak language skills impair other learning. Influential and controversial study: he was the head of a teacher"s college in ireland.
