Raising
and Teaching Bilinguals – Personal & Professional Development
A collection of useful articles...
“Young bilinguals are known to be flexible thinkers and better
problem solvers. They have a competitive edge in the labor market, with those fluent in
English along with another language showing higher earnings. What’s more,
research shows that knowing more than one language could even delay the onset of Alzheimer’s and dementia by two to
four years. TWI programs are bilingual programs designed to build high levels of
bilingual proficiency.”
“Tania
Ruiz presents educators’ impressions of the dual-language methodology sweeping
Europe. Similar to other bilingual education methods, the CLIL methodology (content and
language integrated learning) is considered a model of good practice in
Europe.”
“People
blog, they don't lbog, and they schmooze, not mshooze. But why is this? Why are
human languages so constrained? Can such restrictions unveil the basis of the
uniquely human capacity for language? New research shows the brains of
individual speakers are sensitive to language universals. Syllables that are
frequent across languages are recognized more readily than infrequent
syllables. Simply put, this study shows that language universals are hardwired
in the human brain.”
“By two years of age, children are remarkably good at comprehending
speakers who talk with accents the toddlers have never heard before, a study
has shown. Even more striking, say researchers, children as young as 15 months
who have difficulty comprehending accents they've never heard before can
quickly learn to understand accented speech after hearing the speaker for a
short time.”
“Growing
up in a multilingual home has many advantages, but many parents worry that
exposure to multiple languages might delay language acquisition. New research
could now lay some of these multilingual myths to rest, thanks to a revealing
study that shows both monolingual and bilingual infants learn a new word best
from someone with a language background that matches their own.”
“Word
“edges” are important for language acquisition. Children start to learn the
sound of words by remembering the first and last syllables. A new study sheds
light on the information the infant brain uses during language acquisition and
the format in which it stores words in its memory.”
“Monolingual infants expect others to understand only one language, an
assumption not held by bilingual infants, a study by researchers has found.
"Our results not only offer insight into infants' perception of linguistic
abilities, but, more importantly, may help us better understand whom they see
as good communication partners," explains one of the study's co-authors.”
“Children's future writing difficulties can be identified before they
even learn how to begin writing, according to a new study. The research data
also contradicts the popular belief that bilingualism at an early age can be
detrimental to oral and written language learning.”
“Language delay likely due more to nature than nurture”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/life-bilingual/201504/one-person-one-language-and-bilingual-children
“Linking
the speaking of English to employability, opportunity and choice is far more
productive than trying to define it as an essential component of
"Britishness". Britishness
means for many being bilingual in order to exercise the freedoms we are
said to cherish.”
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