Essays about: "bilingual advantage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words bilingual advantage.

  1. 1. The effects of multilingualism on executive processing.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Rita Simonis; [2018]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; multilingualism; bilingual advantage; executive processing; cognition; ANT; Switching task; attention; set-shifting;

    Abstract : In the first decades of the 20th century, research on bilingualism was just beginning. The first studies on bilingual children proposed a substantial disadvantage with respect to intelligence and learning abilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Young bilingual Swedish learners in the English classroom : A study comparing the learners and teachers language use

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

    Author : Rebecca Lakey; [2017]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; multilingualism; mother tongue; scaffolding; translanguaging;

    Abstract : This paper investigates and identifies patterns of classroom languages use by both learners and teachers in the English learning classroom. In order to answer the research questions guiding the present study, data were collected both from learners (n= 36) and their teachers (n= 3). READ MORE

  4. 3. BILINGUALISM AND INHIBITORY CONTROL : The relationship between hours of speaking a second language and inhibition

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the globalized world of today the ability to speak more than one language, known asbilingualism, has become more common now than ever. There is research indicating thatlanguage processing accounts for the well debated „bilingual advantage‟ in inhibitory control. READ MORE

  5. 4. Phonological Awareness Development in Bilingual Children : How do Swedish/Danish-Japanese bilingual children develop Japanese phonological awareness in comparison with Japanese children?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Maki Sakakibara; [2016]
    Keywords : bilingual children; phonological awareness;

    Abstract : The phonological awareness development of bilingual children has been discussed from the viewpoint of whether they have an advantage compared to monolingual children. Some previous studies discovered that there were language pairs where bilingual children could have no advantage in it. READ MORE

  6. 5. Second language proficiency and its effects on cognitive functions: : Relations between bilingualism and tactile and visual versions of the Simon task

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Nicole Birbas; Linda Terneborg; [2015]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; cognitive science; executive functions; Simon effect;

    Abstract : Bilinguals have repeatedly shown to have better results than monolinguals in non-verbal cognitive tasks that require inhibition of distracting stimuli. Evidence suggests that this enhanced performance is due to training effects of non domain specific executive functions, and that this gain in cognitive performance can contribute to a cognitive reserve in old age. READ MORE