How big is the effect of multilingualism on IQ testing of preschoolers?
As background, we have what I think is probably a moderately gifted kid. He is growing up trilingually, and has been behind in his language skills compared to monolingual kids in all 3 languages. His weakest language is English.Currently, he probably wouldn't even understand testing instructions in English. However, he will have been in an English speaking preschool for 4-5 months when taking the IQ test (presumably WPPSI?) next year at 4 yrs old. Am I correct in fearing that his verbal skills might make enough of a difference to have a moderately gifted kid be classed as not gifted, or only mildly gifted? Thanks!
Last edited by rac; 12/15/12 03:52 PM.
