BILINGUALISM AND NON‐VERBAL INTELLIGENCE: A FURTHER STUDY OF TEST RESULTS
作者:
D. G. LEWIS,
期刊:
British Journal of Educational Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1959)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 1
页码: 17-22
ISSN:0007-0998
年代: 1959
DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8279.1959.tb01470.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Summary.Previous investigations of the effect of (English‐Welsh) bilingualism on performance in non‐verbal tests of intelligence have not yielded a consistent pattern of results. In the present study a non‐verbal test was given to ten‐year‐old pupils from primary schools in Wales. Linguistic background was assessed by means of a language questionnaire, the assessment being compared with teachers' ratings. Care was taken to select a homogeneous group of a thoroughly Welsh background (i.e., a bilingual group) together with a corresponding English‐speaking group (with a background of no appreciable ‘Welshness’). The test results showed a statistically significant difference, in favour of the monoglots, corresponding to about 8 points of I.Q. It is suggested that this difference may be due, in part, to (i) the test being a timed one, and (ii) the groups not being equal with respect to urban‐rural differences. Again the ‘verbal residue’ of a non‐verbal test might well be a non‐negligible factor in measuring the intelligen
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