Executive control performance and foreign-language proficiency associated with immersion education in French-speaking Belgium

A large sample study (n = 513) was conducted to investigate executive control performance in pupils following an immersion education program. We recruited 10-year-old children (n=128) and 16-year-old adolescents (n=127) who were enrolled in English or Dutch immersion education in French-speaking Belgium for at least 4 school years. They were com- pared to non-immersed children (n = 102) and adolescents (n = 156) on a number of execu- tive control tasks assessing inhibitory control, monitoring, switching and attentional abilities. Several control variables such as receptive vocabulary, nonverba... Mehr ...