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1、LANGUAGEANDCOGNITIONINBILINGUALCHILDRENToappearinAdvancesinLansuaueEducation(CLEAR).KenjiHakutaUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzandCLEAR,YaleUniversityTherearemanymythsaboutbilingualisminchildren,manyofthemnegativeones.Someeducatorshavecautionedagainsttheuseoftwolanguagesinchildren,claimingt
2、hatbilingualismcausescognitive,Social,andemotionaldamagetochildren.Althoughfewscholarstodaywouldclaimthatbilingualismcouldcognitivelyharmchildren,thisviewhasbeenadvocatedinthepast,andcanstillbeoccasionallywitnessedinthepopularpressandheardexpressedevenbysomeeducators.Itisalsothepersonalexpe
3、rienceofthiswriterthatthisbelieflingersintheAmericansoul,ifcasualdinnerpartyconversationsareanyindication.Thistopicshouldbeofgreatconcerntothoseinterestedinforeignlanguageeducationandtopractitionersofbilingualeducationaswell.Anydecisionaboutthesoundnessofpedagogicalapproachesinvolvingtwolan
4、guagesshouldbeinformedbytheresearchbaseontheissuesofbilingualismandcognitivedevelopment.TheoreticalIssuesOffundamentalimportanceinconceptualizingthisareaofresearcharethetheoreticaltensionsconcerningthedevelopmentoflanguageandthought(Hakuta1986).Theclaimthatbilingualismwouldhaveanyeffectonco
5、gnitiveability,beitpositiveornegative,isbasedontheassumptionthatlanguageisacentralpartofcognitiveactivity.However,theinfluentialdevelopmentaltheoryofJeanPiaget,forexample,placesaminimalroleonlanguageincognitivedevelopment,andthereforePiagetlstheoreticalapproachwouldmaintainthatbilingualisms
6、houldhavenoeffectoncognition.Ontheotherhand,theoristssuchasLevS.Vygotskyemphasizetheimportanceoflanguageinguidingthoughtprocesses,viewingitasaprocessofsocialshapingthroughlinguisticmediation,soaccordingtothistheory,bilingualismcanhaveprofoundeffectsoncognitiveprocesses--theycouldbenegativeo
7、rpositive,dependingonsocietylsattitudesandactionstowardsthephenomenon.Anotherrelatedtensionisthequestionofwhetherornotthemindshouldbethoughtofasa"limitedcapacitycontainer."Theclaimthatbilingualismcancauseacognitiveslowdownisbasedontheassumptionthattherei
