The Questions in Psycholinguistics Final Paper
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, Learning a new language is hard, especially when coming into a new
country, completely foreign to your home but dealing with something so
complex, naturally there would be some consequences to being bilingual
although many people have painted this picture to include quite the
opposite. Most simply assume that being bilingual is completely beneficial,
when in reality, there are advantages and disadvantages to this, as there are
with most things. In this paper, I will talk a little about the short term and
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long term consequences of being bilingual on information processing.
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Research on bilingualism has shown that bilinguals can activate both
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languages at one time, when using one language alone. This process is
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called parallel activation. (Kroll & Bialystok, 2013) In the past, most have
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been told that learning a second language can help to advance language
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and even make you smarter. Practical evidence suggests that bilingualism in
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children is linked to meta-cognitive skills and a superior divergent thinking
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ability. (Blumenfeld, Faroqi-Shah, Kaushanskaya, Marian, & Sheng, 2009)
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Other studies show that bilingualism has a negative impact on language
development and can even be linked to delays in lexical acquisition which is
This study source was downloaded by 100000796901680 from CourseHero.com on 04-09-2021 18:12:49 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/68142610/PSY352-FINAL1docx/
Kaleigh Woolwine
m
er as
PSY 352: Cognitive Psychology
co
eH w
o.
Marie Browski
rs e
ou urc
05/14/2020
o
aC s
vi y re
ed d
ar stu
is
Th
sh
This study source was downloaded by 100000796901680 from CourseHero.com on 04-09-2021 18:12:49 GMT -05:00
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, Learning a new language is hard, especially when coming into a new
country, completely foreign to your home but dealing with something so
complex, naturally there would be some consequences to being bilingual
although many people have painted this picture to include quite the
opposite. Most simply assume that being bilingual is completely beneficial,
when in reality, there are advantages and disadvantages to this, as there are
with most things. In this paper, I will talk a little about the short term and
m
er as
co
long term consequences of being bilingual on information processing.
eH w
o.
rs e
ou urc
Research on bilingualism has shown that bilinguals can activate both
o
aC s
languages at one time, when using one language alone. This process is
vi y re
called parallel activation. (Kroll & Bialystok, 2013) In the past, most have
ed d
been told that learning a second language can help to advance language
ar stu
and even make you smarter. Practical evidence suggests that bilingualism in
is
children is linked to meta-cognitive skills and a superior divergent thinking
Th
ability. (Blumenfeld, Faroqi-Shah, Kaushanskaya, Marian, & Sheng, 2009)
sh
Other studies show that bilingualism has a negative impact on language
development and can even be linked to delays in lexical acquisition which is
This study source was downloaded by 100000796901680 from CourseHero.com on 04-09-2021 18:12:49 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/68142610/PSY352-FINAL1docx/
