Children's divergent thinking and bilingualism by Booton, S, Hoicka, E, O'Grady, A, Chan, HYN, Murphy, V

“…Most children in the world grow up bilingual, and bilingualism has been linked to a range of both linguistic and other cognitive skills. …”

Models of bilingual education in majority language contexts: an exploratory study of bilingual programmes in qatari primary schools by Al-Maadheed, F

“…<p>The purpose of this thesis was to explore and describe how bilingual programmes are organized and implemented within the unique linguistic and socio-economic case of Qatar. …”

Emotional influences on cognitive control: a missing factor in research on 'bilingual advantages'? by Niedbala, AK

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Processing of L2 words in bilingual children and adults: predictors, patterns, and tendencies by Zhao, T

“…<p>Within the context of foreign language learning, very little research has examined how learners process second language (L2) words in terms of which variables best predict their processing speed and which mechanisms best characterize bilingual lexical processing. The present study set out to address this gap by using a range of learner and lexical variables (such as vocabulary size, word length, and age of acquisition) as points of reference against which to identify the best predictors of children’s and adults' L2 lexical processing, and by comparing response latencies across stimulus conditions so as to identify the processing pattern specific to each age group. …”

On the nature of morphological awareness in Japanese-English bilingual children: A cross-linguistic perspective by Hayashi, Y, Murphy, V

“…While morphological awareness has received much attention to date, little is understood about how morphological awareness develops within bilingual children learning typologically different languages. …”

On the nature of morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge in school-age English-Japanese bilingual and monolingual children by Hayashi, Y

“…The current study, situated within the theoretical framework of multicompetence (Cook, 2003), set out to investigate specific aspects of vocabulary knowledge and morphological awareness in different groups of English- and Japanese-speaking monolingual and bilingual children, whilst also examining the extent to which English morphological awareness influences/or is influenced by Japanese morphological awareness among the bilingual sample.…”

The role of crosslinguistic influence in Greek child and adult learners’ acquisition of English as a Foreign Language by Faitaki, F

Subjects: “…Bilingualism…”

Investigating multilingual adolescents’ cognitive and codeswitching performance: an exploratory application of language control models by Zantout, M

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The impact of language learning on wider academic outcomes by Murphy, V, Chalmers, H

“…Much is claimed about the benefits of being bilingual. From improving executive function, through promoting inter-cultural understanding, to mitigating the effects of aging on cognitive decline, bilingualism is framed as something of a panacea for the human condition. …”

Educational outcomes in multilingual CLIL school settings: A systematic review by Richter, KW

“…Mirroring the results from bilingual school programs, the included studies reported positive outcomes for attitudes and target language development, without any associated costs for the L1 or academic content knowledge. …”

Cross linguistic influence in adult L2/L3 learners: The case of French on English morphosyntax by Fung, K, Murphy, V

“…The potential ways in which learning a second or third language can influence other languages in the mind of the (emergent) bilingual is an increasingly important issue given the international importance of foreign language learning. …”