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*BENEFITS OF A BILINGUAL BRAIN
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Brain benefits
More activity in certain regions
Can prevent diseases like alhzeimer and dementia
Higher density of the gray matter
Strenghtens the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
Problem solving
Switching between tasks
Focusing
Healthier, more engaged and more complex brain
What does it mean to speak a language?
Active part
Speaking and writing
Passive part
LIstening and reading
Types of bilingual people
Compound bilingual
Learn as they process the world around them
Learns 2 linguistic codes simultaneously
Subordinate bilingual
Learn a 2nd language by filtering it through their first language
Coordinate bilingual
Works with 2 sets of concepts
Normally they talk in a language at their study place and with the other at home or with friends.
Critical period hypothesis
Children learn a language faster due to the plasticity of their developing brains
Lets them use both hemispheres in language adquirance
Right side
Emotional and social
Left side
Logical and rational