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# How Language Learning Shapes our View of the World
**Feb 16, 2019 ** Written By HWIS
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**An experiment described in Dr. Barbara Pearson’s book *Raising a Bilingual Child*** illustrates how degrees of exposure to a second language can change social perceptions.
In this experiment, children were placed into three groups: (1) monolingual English speakers, (2) both Spanish and English-speaking children with language of instruction as English only, and (3) a classroom of Spanish and English-speaking children with learning taking place in both Spanish and English.
English speaking students in each group were shown a stack of photos of children of similar age, some of European heritage and some of Latino heritage, and asked who they thought might be smart, who had a lot of friends, who they would like to be friends with, etc.
**Those in Group 1 (monolingual English speakers) chose Latino children for positive traits about 10% of the time.**
**Those in Group 2 (Spanish and English-speaking children with language instruction in English only) chose Latino children only about 12-13% of the time.**
**While those in Group 3 (Spanish and English-speaking children with learning taking place in both Spanish and English) chose Latino children for positive traits *40%* of the time.**
Interestingly, it was only the group of children who were learning Spanish who identified with individuals in other ethnic groups positively. This has implications for parents who feel that simply being in a diverse monolingual preschool environment is enough to develop cultural understanding. It shows that a deeper learning is needed, and that children who speak two languages can view the world from two lenses.
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