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The problem
Intervention: bilingual upbringing (exposure to two languages in household settings)
Who it was tested with: children aged 6-12 years from 20 diverse families in China, divided equally into bilingual and monolingual households.
The same group is measured before the intervention and again afterwards, with a baseline and an endline and sometimes a midline. Change is visible, but other causes cannot be ruled out.
"Utilising a mixed-methods design, the study employed cognitive tests, self-report questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews to gauge the multifaceted impacts of bilingual upbringing." This design allowed comparison of outcomes between bilingual and monolingual children, though without randomisation or clear temporal sequencing typical of stronger experimental designs.
Small sample size (20 families) limits generalisability. The study does not specify the particular languages studied, the ages at which bilingualism was introduced, or the socioeconomic contexts of families.
Across countries and designs
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