READING ONE
Bilingual Minds
Read the article "Bilingual Minds" and answer ONE of the following questions:
1. According to the reading what is task switching; how is this involve with bilingual minds?
2. Based on the reading give your opinion about bilingualism. Is it helpful for our cognitive process? Why?
Remember your answer must be one complete paragraph, use complete sentences, correct punctuation, spelling and grammar. Proofread before posting!!
After you answer one of the questions, make a comment to one of your classmates´ response.
You have until Friday to read and make your comments.
Have a wonderful week.
Read the article "Bilingual Minds" and answer ONE of the following questions:
1. According to the reading what is task switching; how is this involve with bilingual minds?
2. Based on the reading give your opinion about bilingualism. Is it helpful for our cognitive process? Why?
Remember your answer must be one complete paragraph, use complete sentences, correct punctuation, spelling and grammar. Proofread before posting!!
After you answer one of the questions, make a comment to one of your classmates´ response.
You have until Friday to read and make your comments.
Have a wonderful week.
According to the reading, task switching is the ability to move easily between two tasks keeping two protocols simultaneously active. I really find this interesting because if you think about it, it's not that easy to adapt to different situations or different tasks at the same time. But I also think that bilingual people are more capable of doing more tasks simultaneously than monolingual people, maybe because their brain is used to the constant task switching (perhaps). So basically, when we talk about bilingual minds, we are also talking about task switching. Lets remember that bilingual people are able to switch from one language to another mantaining active two different tasks, and as the article says, not only the tasks of controling which language should be spoken but read as well.
ResponderEliminarSara Elisa Rodríguez
I agree with Sara cause as the reading says we bilingual people develop different types of abilities and capable to use different strategies for learning.
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EliminarThe first comment after Sara's comment it's mine Heydi Kury
EliminarI agree that bilingual people have higher capacities of switching from one language to another. According to the studies conducted the ability to task switch can also be found in monolinguals. To task switch is the ability to change from one activity to another in a very limited amount of time. It is something you do unconciously.
EliminarJimena Diaz del Valle
Task switching is the ability to move easly between two tasks,keeping two protocols simultaneously active.Understanding bilingual language ability and bilingual minds requieres understanding the interface between linguistis and cognitive systems.
EliminarRina Caballero
This ability is explained by the fact that linguistic knowledge in turn generates a development of logical and abstract thinking, the skills of structuring, classification and generalization, and the ability to establish relationships between objects.
EliminarTask Switching - is the ability to move easily between two tasks, keeping two protocols simultaneously active. Meaning that this special process that bilingual engage in as they switch between languages. Bilingualism after 1962 became known as something really good in kids knowing two languages because bilingualism showed that they reduced costs because of their prolonged practice in switching languages and monitoring which language may be spoken in which context. Yes, bilingualism is important in the cognitive process because children develop different types of competence,and may use different strategies for word learning.
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EliminarTask switching is the ability to move between two tasks without a problem, but keeping both process active at the same time. This is strongly correlated to what bilinguals do, when changing between languages. The ability to task switch in the interchangeability between languages is what is considered mental flexibility in bilinguals. There are various studies that were conducted about task switching and bilingual minds, there was a variety of results, between being monolingual and bilingual and being able to change task quicker. Some of these results, did reflect that there was an impact in being bilingual and being able to switch from task to task. Although this also varied from how often bilinguals switched languages. Even though there are not enough studies to conclude on this subject, it has been agreed that being bilingual provides different control processes, as well as processing information, but it is still not enough to conclude if it influences task switching.
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I couldn't agree more with Daniela, according this reading, show that being bilingual has many cognitive benefits. According to research, speaking a second language can mean that you have a better attention span and can multi-task better than monolinguals. This is because being bilingual means you are constantly switching from one language to the other.
EliminarI agree with both of you. I wonder if adults learning a second language would be consider as task switch as well. We know already that its harder for adults to learn a second language, meaning that its harder for them to task switch. I'm just curious about how different it will be for them than it is to kids
EliminarSara Rodriguez
Task switching is the ability to move easily between two tasks keeping two protocols simultaneously active. Bilingual children show an advantage in mental flexibility. This bilingual process engage in as they switch between languages. Different results were shown between monolingual and bilingual. In some studies bilingual change tasks quicker than monolingual. Bilingual are capable of doing more tasks than monolingual people.
ResponderEliminarFor sure, but we have to remember that even though there is partial evidence to this, we cannot completely agree that it has to do with the fact of being bilingual. What can be accounted to is that the tasks being presented will be processed quicker and in a different way than monolinguals. It is such an interesting study, since what if what also makes the ability of monolingual and bilingual is the languages they are switching between. It would be interesting to investigate if that would also affect the capability of how quickly people would perform the tasks, as well as the way they process information.
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EliminarKarla Amaya
The linguistic and cognitive systems are intimately interconnected, as the bilingual mind is reconfigured to accommodate two language systems that have different relations to each other, to speaker intentions, to communicative contexts, and to pragmatic goals, the impact of that reconfiguration is felt throughout cognitive networks. According to the reading bilingual children tend to have a smaller vocabulary in each language than monolingual children in their language, but bilinguals do have advantages, even after a few hours of second language acquisition. The acquisition of language by monolingual and bilingual children follows a similar timetable for milestones that largely reflect cognitive ability, but the linguistic competence that is developing is different. The bilingual mind presents an intriguing set of puzzles, Moreover, these questions are all inherently about cognitive systems at least as much as they are about linguistic ones; “Therefore, bilingual language use must be intimately tied to a cognitive system in a way that is less essential for monolingual speech” Maybe at first bilingual children will find some struggle in their cognitive process but eventually they will have more advantage.
ResponderEliminarJules according to the article what you say is true in evidence that, on average, bilingual children know significantly fewer words in each language than comparable monolingual children. Research shows that bilingual participants take longer and make more errors than monolinguals on naming tasks. Like for example picture naming, bilinguals performed more slowly than did monolinguals.
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ResponderEliminarBilingual language acquisition is as effortless, efficient, and successful as monolingual acquisition is a process that is finely tuned to features of the environmental input, the child’s attentional and perceptual abilities, and the development of cognitive and conceptual competencies. Therefore, bilingual infants develop the phonological basis for both languages on roughly the same schedule as monolingual children do for their only language. In the other hand; how is being bilingual helpful to our cognitive mind, bilingual children may show enhanced mental flexibility, perhaps as a consequence of having to switch between their two languages. That is, the advantage might be one of enhanced selective attention, involving the ability to inhibit irrelevant or unwanted information and the complementary ability to concentrate on relevant aspects, that when bilingual speakers use one language, the other language is still active. This strong ability to temporarily inhibit access to the nonrelevant language while maintaining attentional set (‘‘maintaining concentration’’) on the language in current use. This ability may be mediated by the frontal lobes and may therefore exhibit a lifespan developmental trend that peaks in young adulthood.
The use of two languages by bilingual individuals has been shown to have a broad impact of languages in cognitive languages. Children learning two languages from birth follow the same milestone for languages acquisition as monolinguals do the first words and the first use of grammar but they may use different strategies of languages acquisition . Adult bilinguals typically take longer to retrieve individual words than monolinguals. Bilinguals manage attention to their two languages systems using the same network that are used by monolinguals performing nonverbal task . Bilinguals tend to enjoy far sharper cognitive skills keeping the brain constantly active and alert even when only one language prevails. Learning a new language as either a child or an adult greatly benefits those pursuing creative careers or hobbies.
ResponderEliminarby Kimberly Gutierrez
Olga Pineda
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Ms. Odessa Ordoñez
Task switching is an executive funvtfun that involves the ability to unconsciously shift attention between one task and another,in cognitive shifting is a very similar executive function but it involves conscious change in attention.bilingual kids shows advantages in mental flexibility in bilingual change task more quickly than monolingual,bilingual language acquisition is complex comparison with monolingual children who usually learn language from their parents bilingual can acquire the same proficiency in all aspects of their two languages.bilingual children acquire the same proficiency in the phonological and grammatical aspects of their two language as monolingual children do in their one language provided they are given regular and substantial exposure to teach interpersonal communication is another area where bilingual children sometimes differ,genterally speaking bilingual children overall proficiency in each language reflects the amount of time they spend in each.young bilingual children can't keep their languages separate they use both at the same time.the uses of two bye bilingual students have been impact of languages in cognitive language.bilinguals manage attention to their two languages system using the same network that are used by monolingual.
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ResponderEliminarBeing bilingual has been linked to a number of cognitive benefits. Research has studied how a bilingual individual's first language (L1) and second language (L2) interact, and it has been shown that both languages have an influence on the function of one another, and on cognitive function outside of language. Investigations on executive functions such as working memory, perception, and attentional and inhibitory control, has suggested that bilinguals can benefit from significant cognitive advantages over monolingual peers in various settings.
By Maria Jose Hidalgo
Additional to executive functions, we can also observe how problem solving is equally enhanced by bilinguals as their pre-frontal cortex tends to have more activity and a greater concentration towards detail. Beyond that it also lays the groundwork for other languages to be acquired more naturally and in less time than the first two.
EliminarBilingualism and the abilities that are developed with it are intrinsically connected to that of task switching (which is inherently superior in women than in men, we can barely walk and chew gum at the same time). Bilingualism offers a wide array of benefits and an increasing amount of abilities of paramount importance. It helps to develop the skills of critical thinking, because we tend to be more careful and develop an eye for details whilst reading. It also helps us with high order brain processes such as problem solving and creativity. Bilingualism when developed properly becomes unconscious and that is when it provides it's greater boost to task switching. Since we unconsciously perceive the languages around us and we are not translating or thinking on which words to answer with, we are more inclined to do task switching on a higher rate.
ResponderEliminarI completely agree with you. A bilingual person has a great ability to control both languages and switch from one another without difficulties.
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EliminarBilingual kids can switch from one activity to another faster and are better at doing multiple tasks at once than monolinguals. That is thanks to the executive function of the brain, which gives bilinguals better cognitive control over information that allows them to switch tasks.
Rina Caballero
I am agree with Rina. Bilingual people have the ability to maintain two open and active interfaces, including making simultaneous connections between them, in the same cognitive system.
EliminarTeresa Zelaya
Task switching is the ability to change from one activity to another. A bilingual person may develop the ability to switch from interpreting a conversation from their L1 to their L2 in a split of a second. Although studies have been created to suggest that this ability is seen mostly enhanced on bilinguals it does not mean that monolinguals are not capable of having sich abilities. Mostly not through the usage of exchanging ideas from one language to another but from changing from one fisical activity to another. A bilingual person is assumed to have more flexibility since they have to switch from one language to another.
ResponderEliminarI am agree with Jimena, There is another network that individuals use when switching between tasks and bilinguals may recruit this same system when switching from one language to another. Since bilinguals are constantly recruiting these networks for effective communication.
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Related to the first question, Task Switching is the ability to move easily between two tasks keeping two protocols simultaneously active. Bilinguals automatically switch language without even knowing that they are doing it. It becomes part of their daily life. They are very fluent in both languages and are capable of having a conversation fluently.
ResponderEliminarSpeaking two languages can be handy when traveling abroad, applying for jobs, or working, bilingualism influences the way we think and process information. The ways in which knowing two languages can change brain function, affecting cognitive processes involved in more than just communication. Although they may not know as many words as do monolinguals, bilinguals may have an advantage when it comes to certain nonverbal cognitive tasks–bilinguals outperform monolinguals on tasks that require inhibition of distractions and switching between tasks. The bilingual advantage in attention and cognitive control may have important, long-term benefits.
ResponderEliminarBy Mercy Cortés
In fact, it has a very positive point in the intellect of children because it allows a more acute mental development. The fact of learning two languages at the same time does not mean that the child can get confused. On the contrary, the child learns from an early age to use the appropriate language at all times, in addition to achieving a high level of concentration. It has been proven through American studies that monolingual children tend to be more easily distracted than bilingual children.
EliminarSpeaking two languages means opening the mind to more than one culture or way of life. This provides a very enriching information, in addition to creating a very positive culture awareness. It allows a better understanding of the customs and experiences of another countr
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Question#2..
The regular use of two languages by bilingual people has been shown to have a broad impact on language and cognitive functioning. In this monograph, we consider four aspects of this influence. In the first section, we examine the differences between monolinguals and bilinguals in the acquisition of linguistic processing of adults and language by children, particularly in terms of lexical retrieval. Children who learn two languages from birth follow the same milestones for language acquisition as monolinguals (first words, first use of grammar) but can use different strategies for language acquisition, and generally have a smaller vocabulary in every language that monolingualism. gual children learning only one language. In general, bilingual adults take longer to retrieve individual words than monolinguals, and generate fewer words when asked to satisfy a restriction such as category membership or initial letter. In the second section, we consider the impact of bilingual and non-verbal cognitive nonverbal processing on children and adults. The main effect in this case is the improvement of executive control functions in bilinguals. In tasks that require inhibiting distracting information, alternating between tasks or taking into account information while performing a task, bilinguals of all ages outperform comparable monolinguals. A plausible reason is that bilinguals recruit control processes to manage their continuous linguistic performance and that these control processes improve for other unrelated aspects of cognitive processing. Preliminary evidence also suggests that the advantage of executive control may even mitigate cognitive decline in old age and contribute to the cognitive reserve, which in turn may postpone Alzheimer's disease. In the third section, we describe the brain networks that are responsible for language processing in bilinguals and we demonstrate their participation in nonverbal executive control for bilinguals. We begin by reviewing the neuroimaging research that identifies the networks used for various non-verbal executive control tasks in the
Yes, the bilinguism is helpful for cognitive process. Because bilingual people have better skills such as memory or attention than monolingual people. Recent research has also shown that their brains delay the symptoms of dementia and that they recover better after suffering a stroke, in instead of a monolingual mind.
ResponderEliminarIn terms of our memory, mental calculations or understanding a text, we use what is called the working memory, which is related to the temporary storage of information and its processing. This ability develops during childhood, Netter than monolingual mind.
in the study performed better than the monolingual ones on those tasks that involved using the working memory. In addition, this ability benefited the development of other executive functions, especially when these functions were interacting with each other.
Teresa Zelaya