Inhibitory control and bilingualism in children with mild intellectual disability

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the relationship between bilingualism and the quality of inhibitory control in children with mild intellectual disability. The sample consisted of 101 children with mild intellectual disability, of both sexes, aged from 10 to 13. According to research results, bilingual children with mild intellectual disability have better non-verbal inhibitory control than monolingual children.

Cilj ovog istraživanja je utvrđivanje odnosa bilingvizma i kvaliteta inhibitorne kontrole kod dece sa lakom intelektualnom ometenošću. Istraživanjem je obuhvaćen uzorak od 101 ispitanika sa lakom intelektualnom ometenošću, oba pola, uzrasta od 10 do 13 godina. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju na to da bilingvalni učenici sa lakom intelektualnom ometenošću pokazuju veću kompetenciju u domenu neverbalne inhibitorne kontrole od monolingvala.