Category: Bilingual Education

Introduction Handwriting is a complex human activity that entails an intricate blend of cognitive, kinesthetic, and perceptual-motor components (Hanover Research, 2012, p.5). For this reason it requires instructions and practice in order to write neatly and fluently. However, when a pupil has firstly learned to write in a different writing system, the development of his…

Abstract This study investigates the presence, or lack thereof, of a bilingual advantage in inhibition control and executive processing while considering the different interactional contexts as per the adaptive control hypothesis posited by Green and Abutalebi (2013). 849 University of Melbourne students enrolled in an undergraduate psychology course participated in this study. The data was…

The authors recognized that little attention had been given to the impact of language context for monolinguals. As a result, they did research to present data detailing the effect of ambient linguistic diversity on monolinguals’ ability to acquire a different language. The authors aimed at using recent research to challenge the traditional assumptions that language…

Bilingual advantage is the notion that the practice of employing two languages, choosing one while inhibiting the other enhances executive function. Executive function is a faction of top-down psychological processes vital in attention, inhibition, and planning (Diamond, 2013). Bilinguals have been shown to have advantages in tasks concerning interference repression- inhibition of inappropriate tasks (Bunge…

Our minds are required to process a vast amount of sensory information in order to perceive the perceptual world around us. This process involves both the integration and discrimination of multisensory information. Audiovisual interactions are commonly used to investigate multisensory processing. Multisensory processing refers to how the information presented to one sensory modality can impact…

Introduction In an increasingly interconnected world, where communication and understanding between diverse cultures are paramount, bilingual education emerges as a powerful and transformative force. This unique approach to learning empowers students to acquire proficiency in two languages, instilling within them a host of cognitive, social, and professional advantages. Bilingual education goes beyond merely teaching languages;…

In the original version of Fergusons model, bilingualism referred to the coexistence of two unrelated languages within one speech community. In more recent literature, this term is used as a psycholinguistic term referring to a speakers proficiency in two or more languages. The existence of two languages for a long period of time sets the…