Abstract
n thisarticle we will examine thepsychological aspects of bilingualism on children, analyze advantages of this phenomenon. The purpose of the article is to give a clear explanation of how bilingualism positively affects the development of a child.IntheconditionofstablemassbilingualismintheRepublicofKazakhstan,includingtheKazakhstatelanguageandRussianasthelanguageofinternationalcommunication,theissueofchildren'sbilingualismisofparticularimportance. Children's age is especially significant in human development. In a short period of time, the child learns a huge amount of information, masters a variety of skills and abilities that are necessary for further socialization in society. The practical and scientificsignificance of the work lies in the observations, conclusions and types of experiments that were carried out during the research.The authors used theoretical methods, survey, observation, audio and video recordings. The article presents the results of a questionnaire of parents of preschoolers who attend kindergarten No. 6 located in the city of Almaty. A total of 79 parents of preschoolers took part in the experiment.Each question of the questionnaire was selected in order to find out how parents communicate with their children in certain situations. The results of the study indicatesthat Kazakh language prevails among preschool children, while Russian was a little difficult for them in comparison withtheir native language.Having received the questionnaire results, it goes without saying that bilingualismhas a positive effect on children’s mental abilities, activates theirgeneral language and translation abilities.The obtained results expand knowledge about child bilingualism, can be usedas a basis for further linguistic research in the field of child bilingualism.