Cognitive Features of Bilingualism at Higher Education

Abstract

The current article is to focus on the relationship of cognition, education and proficiency between first and second language in bilingual students in Uzbekistan. All data and theoretical information in this study also support the notion that learning a second language in childhood is associated with positive cognitive gains. Bilingualism in children and adults are positively related to concept formation, classification, creativity and analogical reasoning. We conducted our own study with Uzbek students studying English in UzSWLU showing survey results in methodology part.