Learning Words in Two Languages: Manipulating Exemplar Variability for Within- and Cross-Language Generalization.

Purpose: This article aims to describe how exemplar variability can manipulate the word learning environment to maximize within- and cross-language generalization in Spanish-English bilinguals. Furthermore, we examined sources of individual variability that predicted word learning.

Method: Nineteen Spanish-English bilingual children participated in a word learning task presenting words in both languages.