Chung-Fat-Yim Ashley, Sorge Geoffrey B, Bialystok Ellen
York University, Toronto, Ontario.
Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario.
Biling (Camb Engl). 2020 Nov;23(5):1106-1111. doi: 10.1017/S1366728920000036. Epub 2020 Jan 29.
Both bilingualism and attention contribute to the development of executive functioning (EF), with higher levels of both leading to better outcomes. The present study treats bilingualism and attention as continuous variables to investigate their impact on EF. Eighty-two 9-year-olds who were attending a French school in an anglophone community completed a flanker task. Children's progress in French represented their level of bilingualism, and attention was assessed through a standard standardized instrument. Degree of bilingualism and degree of attention were both positively related to performance, but exposure to a third language in the home did not further affect outcomes.
双语能力和注意力都有助于执行功能(EF)的发展,两者水平越高,结果越好。本研究将双语能力和注意力视为连续变量,以调查它们对执行功能的影响。在一个英语社区的法语学校就读的82名9岁儿童完成了一项侧翼任务。儿童在法语方面的进步代表了他们的双语水平,注意力则通过一种标准的标准化工具进行评估。双语程度和注意力程度都与表现呈正相关,但在家中接触第三语言并没有进一步影响结果。