Advantages And Disadvantages Of Bilingual Languages

If The United State has no official language, and it is not a bilingual country, why almost all the jobs prefer people who speak English and Spanish? This country has people who speak Spanish, but Hispanic people are not the only ones who live here. The United States should be a bilingual country with English and Spanish, which are the strongest and most useful languages. But being bilingual has its pros and cons. There are some struggles to being bilingual too.

This nation is a place where different cultures come together and learn to coexist. From native America, Latinos, Asians and probably other nations that are not well known; they all have something in common which they all are bilinguals. Authors Cisneros, Agosin, Dumas and Tan clearly illustrate that being bilingual has both advantages and disadvantages.

It was great to know that world's number one highest IQ is in Korea. Unfortunately, I found my brain is just as normal, through the IQ test we did. I surprised that there is about 6800 languages around the world. Which means, there are more languages need to introduce to people. Also, only 6.3% of Americans are bilingual. Even the number of different languages people should speak is differ by cultures. Like in Korea, bilingual is general for us, since most of us did learn more than two languages when we were at high school. So I was pretty shocked that only that amount of Americans are bilingual. Overall, it was great

Language has different meanings and is used to describe something physically presented in the world. It is distinguished among terms such as oral language, written language, and language itself. Oral language is the primary form of language and written language comes second. An individual’s social class can influence the way language is written and spoken. Language is ideological, where an individual’s view of the world can be changed. Multi-literacies can influence the way texts are viewed and the child's access to it can shape their journey with language. Educators guidance on their students can affect the child's skills and learning of language. Language has its many purposes and forms in which are influenced by culture and religions.

In the summer of 2017, a young man named Justin went to Mexico for the first time to visit family. Justin, speaking only English, struggled to communicate with those around him where the main language spoken in that country is Spanish. Here, being bilingual would sure be handy. Knowing more than one language, becomes beneficial in class, or when people are trying to communicate with each other, or possibly even to order food. Learning a second language should be mandatory for kids and also adults for the advantages they will earn, for a sense of belonging, and also to find ways of teaching others about another dialect.

This paper will touch upon the positive benefits of bilingualism and how it affects children, during their childhood and well into adulthood. In addition this paper will look into the scientific and general advantages of bilingualism through scientific studies on the subject. This paper will also identify some of the pros and cons of growing up bilingual. Specifically to be cognitive flexibility, metalinguistic awareness, communicative sensitivity, attentiveness and combatting dementia. A new research era began into bilingualism after the research of Peal and Lambert in 1962, this was a break through in research, which proved that kids who were bilingual did better at the tasks than those who were monolingual. Prior to this, bilingualism had been thought to cause negative set backs among children. These setbacks include retardation in children and increased confusion in separating both languages at an early stage. Although this theory has been outdated, bilingualism is still known to cause confusion for a short period of time throughout childhood lifespan. Although bilingualism has its pros and cons, there are more pros than cons. Kids who grow up in a bilingual household are known to experience some confusion separating two languages or infants are known to go through a silent stage. In simple tasks as the “Simon task”, bilingual participants are known to perform better and have faster reaction times. Simon tasks test the individual’s attentive control as well as reaction

Has it never crossed your mind how handy it would be to speak the language of the country you are being on vacations – let say Russian, Chinese, or (why not?), Kurdish. This is, indeed, a rhetorical question because wherever you are from, you have already had for sure a cross-cultural encounter that may had not worked as well as desired... If you grow up being bilingual, you probably know exactly about which transactional problems while speaking we are talking about, yet being bilingual has much more benefits than disadvantages. For instance, being bilingual or even multilingual is not only helpful for travelling or working but for your mental health. Psysiological studies show people speaking several languages are assessed as better while performing cognitive tasks .

As the title suggests, “Speaking in Tongues: The Many Benefits of Bilingualism” is an article that examines the advantages of bilingualism. Due to the nature of the world, a great number of people have acquired the ability to speak more than one language. The author explores the benefits such an ability offers, arguing that bilingual children develop social, linguistic and cognitive skillsets that not only provides a chance to explore different cultures, but raises a child’s awareness of how language functions. The author also weighs on the cognitive aspect; applying the works of Ellen Bialystok to their ( the author’s ) argument. In the author’s view, bilingual children are better at dealing with conflicting cues and assessing information.

A dual language bilingual education strategy is usually employed in public schools. Typically the minority language students and the majority language students are evenly distributed throughout the classrooms. Both languages are used for instruction with evenly distributed 50/50 time. One teacher shall instruct with the home language while other instruction is in English. The two teachers work collaboratively through all the lessons. Since these students are in mainstream education, it is no surprise that most students prefer to use English the majority language. The goals of a dual language program are to develop high levels of proficiency of the first language then subsequently the second language. Consequently, it is desired to

Communication is a powerful tool in every setting that involves human interaction. The importance of bilingualism is felt when there are communication barriers orchestrated by multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism. The effect of communication barrier is more profound in the learning environment. This is reflected in the way it incapacitates understanding of the course contents.

More than half of the people around the world speak more than one language. In the US, a fifth of the population between the ages five and older speaks another language in addition to English. There are conflicting views on whether bilingualism offers more benefits than drawbacks. The almost obligatory question is: does bilingualism provides a greater benefit than just talking and understanding to people with different languages. This paper short-paper aims briefly explain some findings in these regards. It also examines the pros and cons of acquiring language at different ages. And finally, discusses how being bilingual can help people in their work environment.

From the time they are young children until the time they are seniors, bilinguals own several advantages in various categories over monolinguals. Being brought up in a bilingual environment is quite different than how one would normally be brought up. Young bilinguals are constantly being exposed to two languages at the same time, being able to understand and use both when they feel necessary. From a young age, bilingual children are already able to have good decision-making skills due to these several situations they are in that require them to select which language is best for which situation (Kinzler). Being brought up as a bilingual will also develop a child’s cognitive skills in various vital

Why should people nowadays see languages as a big prize? A person speaks more languages have more opportunities are skewed to him because he benefits the profit comparing to a person who speaks only one standard language. It is time for globalization and its effects on children for speaking other languages as a must. In two articles “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” by Richard Rodriguez and “Whose Voice Is It Anyway?” by Victor Villanueva, the two authors both expressed their opinions on native language and how the assimilation impacts a child. However, Rodriguez believed that the assimilation was beneficial for him as he had grown up in the English-speaking world and he disliked bilingual education which created many controversy.

A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe reveals the importance of learning a foreign languauge through the saying, " He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own". Yes, the notion is true. As even for the expression of views one must be proficient enough in learning a foreign language. Besides, it is always a question whether it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at their primary or secondary part of school. In this essay , I will attempt to explain the advantages and disadvantages of this view in my own personal perspective.

Of the more than 6,700 languages spoken in the world today, half are at risk of disappearing by the end of this century. Every two weeks, the last living speaker of a language dies, taking the language with him. The lingua franca that Global English has become, has a lot of disadvantages for our society and for our personal development. Approximately two billion people from different countries speak this language nowadays and as a result other languages become extinct. Not only do entire languages become extinct when everybody uses the same language to communicate, also languages harbour all kinds of human knowledge, which will be lost forever if the language will be forgotten. Furthermore, learning a new language helps the brain to perform more efficiently. Moreover, a whole culture with its unique traditions and celebrations will be lost forever.