Girls have harder time than boys adjusting in language-learning environment
Posted on October 9, 2008
Filed Under Adjusting to a new language environment, Discussion |
Girls who don’t share a common language may have more difficulty adjusting socially than boys, according to surprising new Michigan State University research looking at language acquisition among young children.
A study of 3- to 6-year-olds attending an international school in Beijing found that in general, girls had more social adjustment problems than boys. The students, representing 16 nationalities, were immersed in both Chinese and English, meaning each child was learning at least one new language.
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