BILINGUALISM

Annotated Bibliography of Bilingualism

Annotated Bibliography of Bilingualism

“Rafael M. (1985), “The Intellectual Power of Bilingualism”, ERIC, retrieved on 6 November 2011”

The writer makes clear that language the creation of handicap is by bilingualism in individuals, while the advantages of bilingualism are under clear support by his research, in promoting overall cognitive development, especially in toddlers. He suggests that a child who is bi-linguist, experiences the world from two different perspectives, freeing him from a point of view that is egocentric. His work clearly incorporates the details suggesting that the ability of conceptual formation and abstract thinking is higher in such toddlers who are multi lingual. The research very well concluded with showing multi linguistic as not only a right, but a mean to in enhancing the intellectual and academic capability of children, especially in the younger years, as simintunaious development of the language causes stimulation of the brain.

“Personal author, compiler, or editor name(s); click on any author to run a new search on that name. Kenji, (1986), “Cognitive Development of Bilingual Children”, ERIC, Retrieved on 6 November 2011”.

The author expresses the idea that believe that, cognitive damage caused to children by bilingualism lingers in popular belief, may not be held by researchers any longer. The writer basis the assumption on believe that enhancement in cognitive development by the role of language, a believe that not all theorist share. Considering the comparison on bilingual children with children who are monolingual, the author highlights that the former had better performance, showing the advantages of multilingual in children and toddlers. The research points out that even thought there is some confusion about the advantages of multi-linguistic; it is not questionable to say that maintaining two languages is beneficial to children of all back grounds.

“Bialystok, (2003), “Annual Review of Applied Linguistics” annual review of applied linguistics 21, Pp 169-181”

The author examines the meta-linguistic development between bilingual children and monolingual, and their differences in terms of phonological awareness, word awareness, and syntactic awareness. The author highlights the controversial believes and researches about the topic, as some research finds multilingual children at an advantage, while other sees advantages with the mono-lingual children. It is clear by his work that none of the two shows clear uniform or consistent advantages over the other.

Craik, (2009), “Cognitive and Linguistic Processing in the Bilingual Mind”, Ellen Bialystok, Department of Psychology, York University, and Retrieved from: http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/19/1/19.short, Retrieved on 6 November 2011

The author researches on the manner multi lingual haves an effect on linguistic and cognitive performance across the life of an individual. The writer was responsible for the explanation of both, cost and benefit, by emphasizing on the importance of considering all sides. The research highlights the pro and cons of multi-linguist, reflecting that children having control over two languages, especially Spanish and English, have a lesser command on the vocabulary, and have fewer words in their pool of language. In support of multi-linguist, the author believes that they have a stronger executive control in verbal communication, which ...