Inquiry by Ahlam Faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi en-us 2018-02-22 01:36:40 UTC 2026-01-01 22:01:41 UTC hello@padlet.com The multilingual mind ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234054713 Type: A professional book. 
Tokuhama-Espinosa, T. (2003). The multilingual mind: Issues discussed by, for, and about people living with many languages. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Assessment:
This book is an easy read. Even though it is a professional book, it is built on real stories. The chapter I read describes the bilingual situations by stories, which make the book accessible and exciting. The section I read gives examples of Spanish speakers, but I do not think because it is biased. I think it is the cases that the author faced and build on it her experiences on bilingualism. In fact, most non-native speakers in the US are Spanish speakers because of the immigration, so it is not kind of bias. Nevertheless, this book gives significant information about the best ways and age to raise a bilingual child. Also, the book provides information about different age groups and multilingualism.
Reflection:
Everyone likes stories, and I love this book because the information comes as reflections on the stories. I learned from this book the ways and methods to raise a bilingual child. Other articles show the advantages of building a bilingual child, but they do not give means. This book was my starting point, and I felt I can start writing about this took with confidant because I have enough details about bilingual infants. However, this book made me think about many friends of me who speak Arabic, live in Saudi, and speak little English, and they use English with their kids sometimes because they want to raise a bilingual child. This method is wrong according to the book. Children need equal exposure to both languages and a fluent speaker of the language. I am thinking now how much a mother, who tries to use words she does not master, limits her child's language development. 
]]> 2018-02-22 01:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234054713 A video about bilingual babies ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234054838 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me_v82q0ins]]> 2018-02-22 01:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234054838 Bilingualism affects 9-month-old infants expectations about how words refer to kinds ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234055114 Type: Peer reviewed journal article (2)
Citation:
Byers-Heinlein, K. (2016). Bilingualism affects 9-month-old infants’ expectations about how words refer to kinds. Developmental Science, 20(1). doi:10.1111/desc.12486
Assessment:
This article is excellent research that provides more information about bilingual infants. This source is helpful because it widens the reader thinking about the abilities and expectations of bilingual. The study does not represent biases because it is a research paper on infants and it took several children, did the experiment, and gives findings. This paper worked very well for my research because I wanted to gather as many studies on the differences between bilingual and monolingual children as I could. This source worked correctly for my study because it is one of the papers that I used in the final paper.
Reflection:
 This article made me think deeply about people's expectations in general and how might the expectations limit the learning abilities. The shocking part was how early we build these expectations, and how do they show signs of languages' boundaries. Additionally, this source is connected to the others in my inquiry such as the TED talk Kuhl, P. (2010, October). The linguistic genius of babies. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies. The speaker says that children start to show signs of being bound listeners as early as eight months old. Children in this study were nine and ten months old and already show their expectations of one word one object.  ]]> 2018-02-22 01:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234055114 Bilingualism Modulates Infants' Selective Attention to the Mouth of a Talking Face ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234055330 Type: Peer reviewed journal article (3)
citation:
Pons, F., Bosch, L., & Lewkowicz, D. J. (2015). Bilingualism Modulates Infants’ Selective Attention to the Mouth of a Talking Face. Psychological Science, 26(4), 490-498. doi:10.1177/0956797614568320
Assessment: 
This source is helpful as the other research on bilingual infants. It gives information that bilingual infants usually focus on the mouth and eyes to see how the words are pronounced. This article does not show biases because it is a research paper which follows the research rules and gives results. This article was one of the articles that support the position of being bilingual, and I used it as one of the informative articles about bilingual babies in my paper. 
Reflection: 
I learned from the article that children's focus matters, so parents should observe their children's reactions before they even start to talk or give physical reactions to the words and commands. Positive or negative influences of parents actions can be observed earlier than we think. This article was also one of the research on the differences between bilingual and monolingual children, and I used it as one of the articles in the second part of my paper.  ]]> 2018-02-22 01:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234055330 The different between brain functions ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234055562 2018-02-22 01:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234055562 Vygotsky and bilingual ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234057025 Type: a source of my choice.
Citation:
Temina-Kingsolver, V. (n.d.). Concept Development in Bilinguals: Vygotskian Framework. Retrieved April 24, 2018, from https://languageavenue.com/linguistics/psycholinguistics/language-and-thought/item/concept-development-in-bilinguals-vygotskian-framework
Poem Summary:
Vygotsky’s work took place in 20s and 30s, Vygotsky wrote a book discusses thoughts and speeches. 
Schoo ls develop different conceptions and cognitions. This development called language acquisition. 
Inside the mind, the development happen. The education make it come in.
 To Mental development, educational moments, spontaneous concepts, strong instructor is the taker. 
Program help language jump. 
Programs support the language in ways, scientific language and every days.  
Children need activities that match their communities.
In Vygotsky's days scientific language was the way, but today bilingual focus is the way.   
Social intrusions is ZPD, zone of development means the D. 
Cannot learn the language but acquire it, Scaffolding help them master  it. 
Activates form higher thinking rooms. 
Environment as well, motivate, stimulate , and demand working roles.
All these tips help mature, to highest potential take the fore.
Assessment:
This source is a good source to use because it shows the relationship between Vygotsky's theory and being bilingual.  However, I think this source could have done more detailed connections and examples between Vygotsky and bilingual education. The website gives examples of the school or educational language and the daily language of students. It says that teachers should build on the past knowledge of children, but it did not give enough examples for building on bilingual children’s previous experience. Additionally, this article is not biased because it talks about the educational language and not a specific language or biased inputs. Also, this article is to connect the theoretical background to bilingual infants, which is the research I am working on, to a theoretical background. I did not meet this need, unfortunately. But, I used this source along with other sources to have a theory to build on.
Reflection:
I learned from this article that even the educational language needs to be determined like the math and science languages. I also learned that most learning processes are similar. This article changed how I think about the difficulties of learning a new language. It made me feel that if everyone thought about learning languages like any learning process, they will build on their past knowledge and take it easy. I remember the grammar teacher in the English institution in Illinois was asking us to translate the grammar to our languages to learn it faster. Her method worked for everyone. Nevertheless, this article made me think about finding other sources for a theoretical background for bilingual children, so I did. I used Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington: National Academy of sciences. Bransford helped me to build on Vygotsky's ideas more and add to it Jean Piaget cognitive development theory.  They both form the part of the historical background of my paper. 

]]> 2018-02-22 01:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/234057025 Flexibility in Bilingual infants ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/236738256 Type: Peer reviewed journal article (1)
Citation:
Estes, K. G., & Hay, J. F. (2015). Flexibility in Bilingual Infants Word Learning. Child Development,86(5), 1371-1385. doi:10.1111/cdev.12392
Assessment:
It is a useful source because people can know from it that children who grow bilingual stay open to new sounds until later than monolingual children. Besides, this source is not biased because it is just a regular research paper, so it states the findings with no apparent human biases.  Additionally, this source is helpful to know more differences between bilingual and monolingual children. It adds considerable information about the differences between bilingual and monolingual children.
Reflection:
I learned from this article the different levels of flexibility between bilingual and monolingual children, and it made me think about the benefits of being bilingual more profound than just knowing the two languages and being able to communicate wider. This article was the first one I read, and I realized that it is connected to every article in my inquiry. All the research that I have in my inquiry stresses that bilingual infants have more flexibility and openness to other languages, words, sounds, and pitches. I can use this source as supportive research for the abilities and benefits of growing a bilingual infant. 


]]> 2018-03-01 01:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/236738256 The linguistic genius of babies ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/250957430 Type: TED Talk
Citation:
Kuhl, P. (2010, October). The linguistic genius of babies. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies
Assessment:
TED talks are mostly entertaining. This talk is helpful because it gives more details on infants' abilities to listen to pitches and sounds, and it also adds to the studies and researches of the abilities of bilingual infants. Also, the source talks about a machine that records mind's responses of children who are bilingual when they listen to a new language. This source is a rich source. It gives three different studies on children's responses to two languages. This source show videos of children exposing to different languages and their reaction. Since this is a video, I can say that it was just for white and Asian children, on other colored represented in the study.
Reflection:
The study on children's abilities to notice the differences in the sounds of the languages when they are four months old is surprising. Also, when the speaker said that people start to build boundaries when they are one year old, I was shocked. I learned much information from this source. I used it as a foundation to organize my inquiry because it has most of the details of the other research about the boundaries, expectations, and the age of flexibility in young children. Finally, I used this source as a reference in my final paper several times. 

]]> 2018-04-12 00:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/250957430 ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/251593652 citation:
Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington: National Academy of sciences.]]> 2018-04-13 15:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/251593652 ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/255079481 2018-04-25 02:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/255079481 Bilingual Babies More Perceptive To Nonnative Tongues ahlam_mohammed_faheem https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/259466596 Type: Podcast
citation:
Werker, J. (2011, February 25). Bilingual Babies More Perceptive To Nonnative Tongues. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134059279/being-bilingual-not-only-a-boon-for-native-tongues
Assessment:
This podcast is helpful to add to the researches of bilingual children and the stronger abilities to distinguish between languages even if they have never exposed to this language. Also, I don't think this podcast is biased because it mentions several languages. I used this podcast as supportive research for the abilities of bilingual children.
Reflection:
I am a listener person. So, this source was the most interesting for me. I tried to find other podcasts that address information about bilingual infants, but I did not find any. However, I learned from this podcast that raising a bilingual child to exceed its benefit to reach other languages, not just the ones the child knows. When I read this article, I wanted to read about infants who are exposed to more than two languages. I thought about doing another research on children with more than two languages. Finally, I used the information in this article to support my paper and talk about the abilities of bilingual infants.  ]]> 2018-05-09 21:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ahlam_mohammed_faheem/nq8b8l26xsbi/wish/259466596