Bilingual infants more flexible in language learning

[Francis Hult]

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Bilingual infants more flexible in language learning

 

Do children benefit from learning two languages instead of just one? A team of EU-funded researchers say they do. Published in the journal Science, the EU-funded study's findings demonstrate that infants exposed to two languages develop more flexible learning strategies when dealing with linguistic stimuli. 

The study is an outcome of the CALACEI ('Universal and specific properties of a uniquely human competence: tools to study language acquisition in early infancy: brain and behavioural studies') project, funded with EUR 1.5 million through the 'New and emerging science and technologies (NEST)' Thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), and was also part of the FP6 DISCOS ('Disorders and coherence of the embodied self') project, funded with EUR 3 million under the 'Human resources and mobility' Thematic area. One of the researchers was also supported by an FP6 Marie Curie grant.

 

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http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=31014

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