Cognitive Development In A Bilingual Environment: To Explore The Effects Of L1 And L2 Use On Early Cognitive Performance In Children

Abstract

Early childhood bilingual education is the foundation of basic education, is an important part of bilingual education, and is also an indispensable way to accelerate the training of bilingual talents. The country attaches great importance to preschool bilingual education and the rapid development of preschool bilingual education puts forward the need for scientific consideration of the physical and mental development of preschool bilingual children. Cognitive development is one of the important contents of children's physical and mental development, and is the basis of all other development. Children's cognitive development is different in different cultural and linguistic environments. Scientific examination of preschool children's bilingual level is an important indicator to test children's cognitive ability. Through the assessment of children in two kindergartens in SH City, this paper found that children in bilingual kindergartens scored higher in literacy test and number test than children in ordinary kindergartens, so children in a bilingual environment can better develop cognitive ability.