https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh Multilingualism: A clear advantage? en-us 2019-05-02 18:19:50 UTC 2024-06-10 15:49:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f3c0.png tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356353692 Spring board that mentions how learning a second language improved his cognitive skills. This made me wonder how  what other benefits learning second languages would give so, I investigate into learning new languages since young. No quotes were used here because it was only a foundation to my research.]]> 2019-05-02 18:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356353692 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356355512 Tests carried out in Sardinia to prove the bilingual advantage, explaining code-switching was simpler for people who spoke multiple language. Supports my thesis and perfect example of diverse tests from around the world.  "bilingual children were seen to have "an aptitude for selective attention" and an ability to filter and focus on information which is important."]]> 2019-05-02 18:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356355512 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356355788 Mentions how children pick up language easier. Works for me that it links to developing brains since young and connects with efficiency of learning and developing.  “as many as two million new connections, or synapses, are formed every second in an infant’s brain. By the age of two, a child has over one hundred trillion synapses, double the number an adult has.” ]]> 2019-05-02 18:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356355788 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356356722 Shows lots of advantages being multilingual. I used the part where infants were included in the test to show the advantage since young. "The cognitive and neurological benefits of bilingualism extend from early childhood to old age as the brain more efficiently processes information and staves off cognitive decline. "]]> 2019-05-02 18:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356356722 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356357166 Examples of tests that agrees with my thesis from the past and explains how each one is carried out. Used it to show agreement and advantages in my paper. No quotes preferred as it is too general.]]> 2019-05-02 18:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356357166 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356357490 Studies showing inhibitory controls by monolinguals and bilinguals. This proves that the bilingual brains are more effective. " When the brain is constantly exercised in this way, it doesn't have to work as hard to perform cognitive tasks, the researchers found."
"The fMRI scans showed that "monolinguals had more activation in the inhibitory control regions than bilinguals; they had to work much harder to perform the task,"]]> 2019-05-02 18:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356357490 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356357939 Introduces cognitive benefits of being multilingual and gives example of tests that showed better performances by multilinguals. I think it is associated with the inhibitory control where it tries to block out distractions. "the same deeply personal question gets a different answer depending on the language in which you’re asking me. "

]]> 2019-05-02 18:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356357939 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356358378 Studies showing benefits at Univerisity of Montreal. Supports my thesis. Done by students. Not sure if useful. Mostly what I alreadty know.]]> 2019-05-02 18:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356358378 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356360522 Introduction to difference in brain structure when learning language since young. Main point in my thesis about growing up mutlilingual and supports that a child's brain becomes more efficient , leading to better cognitive usage. " Growing up in a multilingual environment in early childhood may change the individual’s cortical structure, enforcing it to generally build more efficient synaptic networks for language processing."]]> 2019-05-02 18:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356360522 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356366008 Introduces challenges to finding advantages and argues there is no advantage. I wonder if there are other factors involved, which shows that there is more research to be done. "Figure 1 shows the mean search time (for each group) as a function of the number of distractors for target-present and target-absent trials. Visual inspection confirms that there are no trends favoring bilingual advantages in search time."]]> 2019-05-02 19:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356366008 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356369002 Seeks to find underlying factors. For me to show that there is more research needed and examples of test that failed. "there was no consistent evidence supporting the hypotheses that either early bilingualism, highly fluent balanced bilingualism, or trilingualism enhances inhibitory control, monitoring or switching."]]> 2019-05-02 19:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356369002 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356370297 Tests carried out on monolinguals and bilingual, proving there is no advantage. Wanted to show that people disagree with having advantages as multilinguals. No quotes preferred as it is only a short abstract. ]]> 2019-05-02 19:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356370297 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356371378 Other side of the argument that goes against my thesis and argues against Dr. Ellen Bialystok. This is the main point that goes against my paper. "The hypothesis that coordinating multiple languages enhances behavioral measures of EF remains contentious. Skepticism is warranted because studies using multiple measures of EF, large numbers of participants, and highly fluent bilinguals usually report no differences at all. "]]> 2019-05-02 19:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356371378 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356375425 Takes developing students as main subject, stating multilingual score better due to ability to switch. Famous professor that supports my thesis. " Language proficiency predicted performance on metalinguistic tasks, but the length of time spent in the immersion program predicted performance on nonverbal executive function tasks. Thus, for both adults and children, the bilingual advantage in nonverbal executive function emerges with more bilingual experience "]]> 2019-05-02 19:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356375425 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356793153 In an interview with Dr. Noelle Lopez, she strongly suggested that having a second language does not actually help us improve our executive functions. She first explains that she used to study under a professor called Dr. Kenneth Paap who has published articles on how bilingualism have no advantage. Even so, she reminds that she studies towards stereotype threats, rather than the brain itself. Next she presents that language that are similar are much easier to pick up. She adds on that bilingual people are more collective, compared to monolinguals who are more individualistic. She believed that the test shown could have been other factors disguised as bilingualism. So, she suggest that the test should be more focused towards classrooms or be more descriptive as my answers are too general. However, at the end, she introduces me to Dr. Ellen Bialystok who argues that there is benefits. She just believes that having multiple language means constantly switching and translating, which is more taxing towards the brain.

Complete disagreement with me with facts and proof. Make me rethink my paper. Teaches me more detailed work. Help me show disagreement.]]> 2019-05-04 03:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/356793153 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/357917057 Image showing the brain lobes and difference in structure from young. Makes my research clearer when I mention from childhood. This supports growing up multilingual rather than learning a language at a later age.]]> 2019-05-08 05:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/357917057 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/359255462 Also explains infants can hold this trait.Helps support work stated by DANA. However, unsure of consensus on how bilingualism actually affects development. "Infants reared in bilingual households often see greater cognitive development. Even very young children who grow up hearing two different languages are able to sort one from the other—a difficult mental task. "]]> 2019-05-12 20:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/359255462 tohwayne3901 https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/361443460 Essay that shows argument for and against the multilingual advantage. Shows evidence of two camps arguing. Author attempts to find the advantage since a young age which helps students concentrate better.]]> 2019-05-19 02:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tohwayne3901/SP19Essay4Toh/wish/361443460