Multilingualism

Se Habla Espan᷉ol and Mother Tongue Tanya Maria Barrientos and Amy Tan are similar but also contain some key differences. Barrientos and Tan are children of immigrants that are ashamed of their families heritage. Although Barrientos and Tan were raised within different cultures, they are both ashamed of where they came from. As Barrientos says, “I wanted to call myself Latino, to finally take pride, but it felt like a lie” (631). Barrientos wanted to speak her native language, which was Spanish…

Society is persistently evolving. One of these evolutions include foreign people coming into America, according to the article “Bilingual Education: An Overview” (Feinberg and Morencia). Many of the immigrants will have young children who will enroll in schools across the country; therefore, schools need to be prepared for the amount of foreign children that are preparing to enroll in American schools, according to the article, “Language Barriers: Only the Beginning” (Guthrie). Bilingual…

As a kid I grew up around Spanish and English, being bilingual has helped a lot I life in communicating with family, friends and even strangers because being Hispanic most don’t know English or don’t like to speak English. English had become my first language then Spanish because of school. I grew up speaking Spanish at home but it was not fluent at first it was more English with a few Spanish words here and there, today that would be considered Spanglish but it wasn’t even that. When it came to…

Bilingualism plays a major role in the lives of many children throughout the world. Especially, here in America, because this country is a country made up of immigrants and English is not the only language spoken, there are much more. Many researchers are interested in studying bilingualism in kids because they want to know, whether or not, they have difficulties developing in literature or society. Many researchers believe it can hold a child back from developing and others believe it will be…

Furthermore, decline in cognitive flexibility is associated with advancing age. Cognitive flexibility is important for sustaining or shifting attention, and being able to switch between tasks in response to different demands. In order to gauge the effects of physical activity on cognitive flexibility, the P3 component is useful in order to examine the effects of physical activity on cognitive flexibility. Hillman et. al (2006) conducted a study that examines this relationship using the switching…

Through creation of a POSTER/INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO OF RECIPE, Katie Chambers and I plan to reflect on the Spanish language and presence of Hispanics in the US that have had existential impact on factors that compose American culture. First, my partner and I will interview a Latinx/Hispanic person within our community and will use elements from our interviewee's life story to inform our cultural artifact. We believe using a POSTER/VIDEO OF RECIPE is the best way to present the information we gain…

There are still some sectors of society that firmly, if mistakenly, believe that kids are too young to learn another language other than that spoken at home by their parents and siblings. The reasons usually given include the supposedly undue mental and physical stress that children must endure to learn a new language. Well, this could not be further from the truth where the why and how kids learn Spanish are concerned. Why Children Learn Faster Research has proven that children as young as…

Ever thought about learning a second language? Now you've got a great reason to do it - new research finds that if you learn another language you might just protect yourself against memory robbing, life altering, Alzheimer's disease. It appears that the brains of bilingual people work better for a good while longer after they get this disease. The latest findings come from a group of researchers at Toronto's York University who tested almost 450 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's, half of whom…

Ossola, A. (2014, July 29). Are bilinguals really smarter? Retrieved February 26, 2016, from http://scienceline.org/2014/07/are-bilinguals-really-smarter/ Introduction This article explores the debate of whether bilinguals are smarter than others. The author uses scientific research to more profoundly search for the answer to the question posed. Additionally, the author uses many rhetorical devices to solidify her message throughout the article. Summary In Alexandra Ossola’s article…

Being bilingual has been proven to be beneficial for many aspects in life to both children and adults. Bilingualism can come through growing up with a base language and through educational years learning another spoken language, for example children who are Hispanic have a Spanish spoken base language but when entering a school in the united states they learn to speak, read, and write English. Some of the many advantages that come with being bilingual is that it has a positive effect on the…