... children's native language there is generally little difference in everyday communicative skills between children of high and low ability, as measured by IQ tests. However ability to handle complex formal language is much more variable and is related to measured IQ. The skill is not so easily "picked up". To achieve parity with monolinguals in the school system bilingual children need to develop ... ...

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