Growing up with two languages - How this shapes toddlers’ communication skills

Source: BOLD, Blog on Learning and Development, June 14th, 2017

Growing up bilingual comes with several advantages. Compared with their monolingual peers, bilingual children are better at switching back and forth between two different tasks, taking someone else’s perspective, problem solving, and finding creative solutions to a task. So in addition to learning two different languages, bilingual children acquire a broader set of skills as they grow up. In our research, Anja Gampe, Moritz Daum and I are trying to find out whether bilinguals have superior communication skills as well. Read more...>>>>>