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Bilingualism

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 Bilingualism

 

Background:  

     A bilingual speaker is a person who speaks more than one language. A person can acquire this talent two different ways. Simultaneous bilingualism is when a person learns two languages at the same tie during childhood. Sequential Bilingualism is when the person learns a second language after they have learned their first language or native tongue. More than half of the people around he world are at least somewhat bilingual (Matlin,341).

 

Advantages:

  • People who are bilingual show greater mental flexibility

  • Children who are bilingual follow complicated instructions better than monolinguist. 

  • Bilinguals are better at selective attention task where they must inhibit the most obvious response by ignoring misleading information. ( ex. The dog meows.)

  • Being bilingual looks great on a resume

  • Being bilingual delays aging on the brain when you are in your 60s and older but in order for this to work you must use both languages on a regular basis.  

 

 Disadvantages

  • Children who are bilingual have smaller vocabularies in both languages compared to monolinguist. 

  • Children have more tip of the tongue  incidetns than children who only speak one language.



Articles & Video

 

1.Northwestern Univerisity Experiment  

  - Researchers at Northwestern University show the benefits of being bilingual through test that were given to bilingual participants versus monoliguist.

 

2. Learning 40 Languages! 

- People who have mastered over 40 languages and structure changes their brain has made compared to monoliguist.

 

3.Bilingual Education

     - Illustrates the need for bilingual education and the benefits that come along with knowing more than one language fluently.

 

4. Billingualism and Benefical Effects on the Brain

     - A video where newsreporter talks about how bilingualism can delay aging on the brain.

 

5. Linguisitic Society of America Pamphlet

     - A pamphlet on what it means to be bilingual and how people learn two or more languages.

 

6. Bilingualism Good for the Brain

     - This article talks about the benefits on the brain and the drawbacks of being bilingual.

 

7. Bilingualism: Personal Advantages and World Benefits

     - This article shows the benefits of bilingualism on the brain but also professional and social benefits of being bilingual.

 

8. Washington Post Article: Spanish at School Translates to Suspension

     - This is an newspaper article on a boy who was suspended from school because he was speaking Spanish in a Kansas City, KS high school.

 

9.  Myths about Bilingualism

     - This article disproves all the myths about bilingualism.

 

10. The Simon Task

     - Shows the experiment used to illustrate that positive affects being bilingual has on aging minds.  

 

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