Second language acquisition

Language and executive processing This study was designed and conducted by Nick Rendell at Birkbeck University. The study focused on how language has contributed to cognitive development looking at both bilingual and monolingual people. Can we find a relationship between the levels of bilingual speech production/comprehension and task switching ability? Executive functions are used when people listen and speak especially by bilingual people who need to control which of language they use or…

topic I have chosen for my final paper is on bilingual infants versus their monolingual peers. I am interested in learning how language is acquired for bilingual infants and if the preconceived notion of them being placed at a disadvantage is really true. I would like to examine the different advantages and disadvantages bilingual infants face while being exposed to 2 languages at a time. I would also like to see at what rate certain milestones are hit compared to monolingual infants.…

communicate with one another, there is what is commonly known as languages. Languages have been around for thousands of years; dating back to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. One of the oldest languages is Latin; most all European languages are derived from it. Unfortunately, there is no universal language that everyone speaks. So in order to better communicate, we learn other languages. With time and effort, learning other languages can be very beneficial to humans. Nowadays, being bilingual…

These researchers used kindergarten 5 year olds. In total it was 56 children which included 29 monolingual boys and 27 bilingual boys. These kids had a background of speaking english at school or any other place outside the community and the second language was spoken at home. The procedure for this study was all participants were tested individually and had to fulfil 2 tasks. These two tests were the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-III, Dunn & Dunn, 1997) “to assess receptive vocabulary…

really want to learn Spanish and speak it naturally, then you will have to learn it at your own pace. First of all, instead of wondering how long does it take to learn Spanish, just try and learn at your own pace and you will eventually pick up the language. If you are having trouble learning some words, just take your time and keep reviewing them a few times each day. Chances are that the more times that you review the words, the easier it will get to actually learn the words.…

The paper evaluates research article that discusses current research of how bilingual advantages in executive function depend on characteristics of the participants and features of the tasks. Compared with monolinguals, bilinguals show superior performance in versions of such tasks as the Simon task, Stroop task, and flanker task. All these tasks require resolving conflict from distracting cues, switching efficiently between types of trials, and maintaining rules in working memory, all…

According to Ford (2001), language mixing is the term used to describe the phenomenon of communication though the usage of two languages as if they were one language. Ford (2001) states that mixing is unconscious and is used by child without regard of their interlocutor's understanding of both languages. This means that the child is only using words that he/she has learned to communicate their needs at the given moment. Alina demonstrated a significant amount of language mixing errors also known…

throughout the United States have resulted in a rising of English Language Learner (ELL) populations in the classroom. In the past ten years there has been a “417%” increase of ELL students in Kentucky and similar percentage increases for several other states, including Maryland. (Blake 1). The odds are good that most teachers will encounter one or more ELL students during their teaching career. These students vary in English language acquisition and cultural assimilation. The majority of…

exposed to better communicative advantages and cognitive adaptations over monolingual children. The first study, analyzes how infants react to the exposure of different languages and how they can recognize communicative partners related to the language itself. The next study explains how children that are merely exposed to a second language can have similar communicative advantages as bilingual children. Finally, the last study focuses on the cognitive adaptations that children are exposed to in…

obstacle in teaching a language is the motivation that drives the student, and the effect that motivation can have on the student (Yu, 2014, p. 24). Yu’s research identified that “learning motivation is one of the most important factors influencing learners’ success or failure in language learning. “A foreigner attending the University of Tennessee’s English Language Institute who is in his or her 30’s has different motivation than a 19-year-old person attending the English Language Institute…