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Bilingual Children and Storytelling

Scientists from the University of Alberta, Canada analyzed data from bilingual and monolingual four to six-year-old children. They saw that both groups used the same amount of unique words when they told a story. The researchers say that this was due to bilingual kids’ greater cognitive flexibility, which is their ability to switch between thinking about different concepts. Details and a video are available at the website in English and Spanish.

Resource Type: 

  • Website
  • Video

Types of Diversity: 

  • Children and Families who are Culturally, Racially, and Ethnically Diverse
  • Children who are Dual Language Learners