Effects of SES on Executive Attention in Malay-English bilingual children in Singapore

Bilingualism

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1042-1056

  Kang, Carissa ^a   Thoemmes, Felix ^a   Lust, Barbara ^a  

^a Martha Van Rensselaer Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; child multilingualism questionnaire; cognitive development; culture; executive attention; Malay; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938294852     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728915000437     Document Type: Article

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