<p>Some cognitive scientists I heard are clear about benefits of being bilingual as exposed by @Damien or here - <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?_r=0</a>. They also do not hide the associated cognitive costs especially at a young age. I found the following presentation very interesting <a href="http://bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/seminars/documents/AlbertCosta_000.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/seminars/documents/AlbertCosta_000.pdf</a>
(!! one image af a brain may be disturbing !!).</p>

<p>Hellen Bialystock is a world class researcher in Toronto (more than 100 different languages here, a unique place to work on bilangualism she says). Alert Costa works in Barcelona on Catalan/Spanish - these two researchers are part of my trusted sources of information to understand my bilingual kids!  </p>

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marsei
<p>Npr.org, has a great multi part piece on the subject,  and points to a cognitive benefit in the elderly in so far as dementia prevention<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/29/497943749/6-potential-brain-benefits-of-bilingual-education" rel="nofollow noreferrer">enter link description here</a> </p>

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R.D.B.
<p>There has been a lot of debate over bilingualism in education. I have read a bit on <a href="http://www.nabe.org/BilingualEducation">the website of the National Association for Bilingual Education</a> and some other links to read about bilingualism. However being an amateur in this field, I'd like to know what are the major works (if not conclusive) that support and dissuade against bilingualism in education especially in the context of cognitive science?</p>

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Have you checked some of the references at the bottom of the website you link to?
Steven Jeuris
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Yes, I have (and currently checking some of them). However, there are numerous references and I don't know which of these works can considered to be seminal.
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To what extent does bilingualism help in education?
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# To what extent does bilingualism help in education?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-06-28)

There has been a lot of debate over bilingualism in education. I have read a bit on [the website of the National Association for Bilingual Education](http://www.nabe.org/BilingualEducation) and some other links to read about bilingualism. However being an amateur in this field, I'd like to know what are the major works (if not conclusive) that support and dissuade against bilingualism in education especially in the context of cognitive science?

**Tags:** educational-psychology, linguistics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you checked some of the references at the bottom of the website you link to?  
> **username_0**: Yes, I have (and currently checking some of them). However, there are numerous references and I don't know which of these works can considered to be seminal.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-06-28. Score: 2

Some cognitive scientists I heard are clear about benefits of being bilingual as exposed by @Damien or here - <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?_r=0>. They also do not hide the associated cognitive costs especially at a young age. I found the following presentation very interesting <http://bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/seminars/documents/AlbertCosta_000.pdf>
(!! one image af a brain may be disturbing !!).

Hellen Bialystock is a world class researcher in Toronto (more than 100 different languages here, a unique place to work on bilangualism she says). Alert Costa works in Barcelona on Catalan/Spanish - these two researchers are part of my trusted sources of information to understand my bilingual kids!


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-12-17. Score: 0

Npr.org, has a great multi part piece on the subject, and points to a cognitive benefit in the elderly in so far as dementia prevention[enter link description here](http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/29/497943749/6-potential-brain-benefits-of-bilingual-education)


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