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1. The effects of multilingualism on executive processing.
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskningSammanfattning : In the first decades of the 20th century, research on bilingualism was just beginning. The first studies on bilingual children proposed a substantial disadvantage with respect to intelligence and learning abilities. LÄS MER
2. Young bilingual Swedish learners in the English classroom : A study comparing the learners and teachers language use
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktikSammanfattning : This paper investigates and identifies patterns of classroom languages use by both learners and teachers in the English learning classroom. In order to answer the research questions guiding the present study, data were collected both from learners (n= 36) and their teachers (n= 3). LÄS MER
3. BILINGUALISM AND INHIBITORY CONTROL : The relationship between hours of speaking a second language and inhibition
Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiSammanfattning : In the globalized world of today the ability to speak more than one language, known asbilingualism, has become more common now than ever. There is research indicating thatlanguage processing accounts for the well debated „bilingual advantage‟ in inhibitory control. LÄS MER
4. Phonological Awareness Development in Bilingual Children : How do Swedish/Danish-Japanese bilingual children develop Japanese phonological awareness in comparison with Japanese children?
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskningSammanfattning : The phonological awareness development of bilingual children has been discussed from the viewpoint of whether they have an advantage compared to monolingual children. Some previous studies discovered that there were language pairs where bilingual children could have no advantage in it. LÄS MER
5. Second language proficiency and its effects on cognitive functions: : Relations between bilingualism and tactile and visual versions of the Simon task
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiSammanfattning : Bilinguals have repeatedly shown to have better results than monolinguals in non-verbal cognitive tasks that require inhibition of distracting stimuli. Evidence suggests that this enhanced performance is due to training effects of non domain specific executive functions, and that this gain in cognitive performance can contribute to a cognitive reserve in old age. LÄS MER