In the article “My Two Minds”, Catherine De Lange details the differences between bilingualism and monolinguals. It was believed that starting back in the 19th century, bilingualism would confuse the capability of a child to fully understand either language properly. Later studies then shown that people who were bilingual may not have as a diverse vocabulary, but the overall cognitive ability to speak another language did not hinder the overall development.…
Another research has exposed that bilingual adults have reduced the effects of aging on the brain. Having a bilingual education is very good because it is said that students achieve greater academic success and are quicker in tasks.…
Being able to speak many languages help individuals talk more and not be so quiet. As mentioned in the essay Silence by Maxine Hong Kinston, she was silent when she had to speak English for the first time. No one wants to be known as the quite person in school. Most bilingual people come from families that have parents that were born and raised in different places. People that are bilingual can get a good job and get paid a lot of money. Also for people who know a second language it makes it easier when they go to school because they can meet people from different states that speak a different language. Like in the essay Silence, Kingston was not the only Chinese girl that did not speak, but there were more that felt shy to talk as well. People…
Have you ever wondered what is so special about being bilingual? Bilingualism is when a person knows more than one language. There are thousands of bilinguals who do not know the value of their importance and their advantage. Bilingualism can change people’s lives because they have many cognitive and economic benefits. Bilingualism has an extreme effect on the brain.…
In my opinion bilingualism plays a major role in the educational development of children. This is because research has shown that children who are fluent in their home language are more successful in learning a second language. Furthermore, being bilingual offers greater sensitivity to language, more flexibility in thinking and better ear for listening. It also improves a child’s understanding for the native language. Moreover, knowledge of other languages increases a career of opportunities offering several job options.…
Individuals who are bilingual will benefit academically in many ways. Bilingual individuals will switch between languages constantly, making their brains more flexible. This helps them develop more flexible approaches to thinking through problems. Also the ability to think…
Bilingual kids can switch from one activity to another faster and are better at multitasking.…
Being bilingual is a good skill to achieve your goals or to get a job and friends.…
Most people have developed the misconceived notion that allowing students to learn more than one language at the same time usually resulted to great confusion amid students subjected to such learning trends (García & Baetens, 2009). However, one thing that is for sure is that there are more benefits to bilingual education than individuals know…
As an a preschool teacher for the past seven years, I have all my experience in a bilingual classroom without speaking more than just English. As the lead teacher in my Head Start classrooms, I have always relied on a bilingual teacher assistant to provided communication for my Spanish speakers parents, children and myself. However, I can say that I have know several “Spanish preschool phrases” that have gotten me by during the standard, structure classroom day. Currently, I feel confident enough in my knowledge and experiences in my classroom. As a seasonal teacher, I want to expand my awareness of how I can further my teaching skills for my bilingual students in language and literacy.…
The United States should become more open and globalized upon its international status. Because it is a unique country that has various languages and cultures, there are some people who believe on the notion of “one nation one language”, while some believe bilingualism is better for the United States. In the article “A Nation divided by one language”, the author James Crawford provides many research statistics that prove bilinguals are generally smarter than monolinguals. He believes that the media misleads people into believing bilingual education is bad. Crawford states that if one only receives information from the media, one would have the same thoughts that most Americans have (Crawford…
Bilingualism can be challenge to the American because learning any language takes a lot of effort. While English thrives in the States, the States is gaining new speakers of other languages every year. The people against bilingual education insisted that bilingualism is a threat to national unity. In my opinion, first, I do not think that bilingualism is a threat to national unity. Bilingualism means an equal ability to communicate in two languages. Bilingual is a very useful skill. Therefore, we should celebrate it rather than seeing it as a nationalistic issue. We need to reinforce foreign language education to meet the demands of globalization. Foreign language education is becoming more common. Second, learning a foreign language is important,…
I really enjoyed to discuss and share ideas with you folks last night. As an international student, I had problems to understand discrepancy between race and ethnicity. Therefore, finding my place on those little boxes, which we fill on documents, is still not easy for me. I sometimes have question my identity who I am? What I am doing here? Which planet am I from? (Since, I am an alien, according to the USA.)…
According to Viorica Marian and Anthony Shook (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), bilinguals have an improved attention to detail which helps them learn more smoothly another foreign language, because they “more easily access newly learned words, leading to larger gains in vocabulary than monolingual people who aren’t as skilled at inhibiting competing information.”…
I had lived one of the biggest shocks in my life when I learn that I am not considered as a bilingual. I used to think that if you are studying a language and if you have perfected your knowledge and ability in all aspects of that language, it is inevitable that you become a bilingual. However, I learned to my greatest grief that that is not the case and I have learned English as a foreign language throughout all these years.…