Do the Advantages Out Weigh the Disadvantages of Language Development in Bilingual Children Versus Monolingual Children? Developmental Psychology Reason behind study: The reason I chose to study language development between bilingual and monolingual children is while reading our text book,(Lifespan Development, Denise Boyd and Helen Bee, Fifth Edition, 2003, 2006, 2009, p.137); It discussed the advantages and disadvantages of being raised speaking two languages versus one single language…

ABSTRACT: Bilingual children with typical development have language behaviors that mimic language impairment in monolingual children. For example, the receptive-expressive gap (receptive > expressive) mimics a monolingual expressive language disorder. The mechanisms underlying this gap are not well understood. The current study explores inhibition as a contributor to the receptive-expressive gap. Several language behaviors of bilingual children with typical development (TD) resemble language behaviors…

The Bilingual Brain The United States embraces a medley of numerous languages. From Arabic to German, many people in the U.S speak another language or have been taught another language during their academic careers. Furthermore, language immersion begins either in middle school or high school for the majority of students in the country. But many school districts wonder, “Should foreign languages should be introduced to students at a younger age?” Over the years, studies have shown that learning a…

The bilingual is not two monolinguals in one person Early studies on bilingualism have spread the idea that bilingualism was a disadvantage, that it might help developing anomalies (Pichon and Borel-Maisonny, 1937) or deteriorate children’s intelligence (Eichorn-Jones: 1952). From the 1970s onwards, more extensive and in-depth studies have discredited this idea that bilingualism was cognitively damaging and have shown the complexity and the specific characteristics of bilingual acquisition. Among…

Bilingual is the New Black Today we live in an increasingly globalized world. In the United States alone over 60 million people speak a language other than English when at home (Speaking in Tongues). While most schools require at least two year of foreign language, this is not really enough to familiarize yourself with a language. It would not only be in the students best interest to do this, but also the schools as it increases academic achievement. It also improves your cognitive functions…

Are Bilinguals Smarter Than Monolinguals? A Review of the Literature Luke James Walkington La Trobe University Are Bilinguals Smarter Than Monolinguals? A Review of the Literature ‘Bilingual’ people are differentiated from ‘Monolingual’ people by their frequent communication with two or more languages (Barac & Bialystok, 2012). Bilinguals are thought to be smarter than Monolinguals (Rubio-Fernández & Glucksberg, 2012). Smartness is a measure of successfulness in their education…

they choose to. Since there are a variety of different nationalities in the Unites States, bilingual education can promote learning for people who share distinctive ethnic backgrounds. Bilingual education gives students a sense of cultural pluralism, not only that, but it has been proven that learning a second language starting from a young age hold cognitive and academic benefits. Children who are bilingual, establish more adequate skills in their first language causing them to learn other languages…

Each time a bilingual speaks its brain functions in slightly different ways than that of a monolingual’s. Bilinguals deal with constant dual-language activation as they are able to switch between two sometimes very different languages. The ability to use one language without intrusions from the other language is seen as an important topic of study (Van Assche, Duyck, and Gollan, 2013). However, one of the costs of being bilingual is the reduced exposure to each language. Studies show that both…

counterparts. Each of the three papers concluded that there are cognitive advantages which are present in bilinguals. The next section of this segment focuses on the mental health of bilinguals. Research conducted on 18,716 adolescents in England, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands sought to understand whether there is a mental health advantage amongst 14-15-year-old immigrants from over 30 different countries of origin (Mood, Jonsson, and Låftman, 2016). The study administered questionnaires…

Abstract Cognitive development advances gradually during infancy. Bilingual infants have often been treated as a special population with unique advantages or disadvantages as compared to monolinguals. A recent collection of studies has demonstrated advantages in infants exposed to two languages, however the specificity of this advantage remains unclear (Singh et al., 2015; Brito & Barr, 2013). Although, one component such as memory can show a hallmark of an infant’s flexibility in development.…