Bilingualism, Cognition, and Academic Achievement
Continuing Education Workshops
Bilinguistics offers the following on-site workshop that can be tailored to meet specific group needs. Speech-language pathologists can fulfill continuing education requirements to maintain certification by earning ASHA CEUs.
Connections Between Bilingualism, Cognition, and Academic Achievement
This workshop provides information on how learning two languages influences cognitive development and discusses the implications of bilingualism on academic achievement, including vocabulary, narrative skills, and literacy.
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Discuss patterns of bilingual language acquisition
- Learn how to evaluate language proficiency more thoroughly
- Describe the influence of educational programs on language development
- Compare cognitive development in bilingual and monolingual children
- Identify the benefits and costs of acquiring two languages
- Describe the current challenges in assessment of bilingual children
- Apply alternative methods of assessment to facilitate accurate diagnosis
- Discuss factors that positively enhance literacy skills in bilingual children
- Consider issues important for determining appropriate educational placement for bilingual children
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