Not All Bilinguals Are the Same: A Call for More Detailed Assessments and Descriptions of Bilingual Experiences

• Published in: Behavioral sciences Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 33
• Main Author: de Bruin, Angela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.03.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Age of acquisition; bilingual experiences; Bilingualism; Classrooms; Executive function; executive functioning; Individual differences; interactional contexts; Language acquisition; Language proficiency; language switching; Language usage; language use; Review; interactional contexts; language proficiency; language switching; language use; bilingual experiences; executive functioning; bilingualism

No two bilinguals are the same. Differences in bilingual experiences can affect language-related processes but have also been proposed to modulate executive functioning. Recently, there has been an increased interest in studying individual differences between bilinguals, for example in terms of thei...