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SUMMARY:The role of medium of instruction for multilingual children: a stu
 dy of primary school children in India&quot\;.  - Professor Ianthi Tsimpli
 \,  University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20181022T160000Z
DTEND:20181022T173000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:Bilingualism and multilingualism have revealed cognitive advan
 tages and enhanced learning skills in children raised in western societies
  (e.g.\, Bialystok & Viswanathan\, 2009).  Multilingualism is the norm in 
 India. Nevertheless\, learning outcomes for many school children appear lo
 w and hard to improve. Focusing on the comparison between children from ur
 ban slums with those from urban non-slum areas also from poor families\, t
 he current study examines the effects of medium of instruction on literacy
 \, numeracy and cognitive skills in primary school children in India. Resu
 lts from 400 children in Standard IV living in Delhi reveal that children 
 educated in Hindi-medium schools perform better than those in Hindi/Englis
 h or English-medium schools in some of the tasks. Some unexpected differen
 ces in task performance are also found in children from slum areas. Result
 s are discussed in relation to linguistic and social factors.
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
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