How does bilingualisim

affect our brain

Cristina Aguilar Ballester

 How does bilingualisim affect our brain

1. What is being bilingual?

2. Beneficts of knowing other language.

3. How it affects the brain.

4. Does being bilingual changes our

personality?
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WHAT IS BEING
BILINGUAL?
 WHAT IS BEING BILINGUAL?

Bilingüe = Bi + lingua

It literally means two languages. But is it its real meaning?

o Leonard Bloomfield o Weiss

o Jum Cummis o Titone
o Max Weinreich o Lam
 WHAT IS BEING BILINGUAL?

"No grammar is innate. Every speaker of a

language has a grammar, but no two grammars
are the same.“

Second language = First language

Leonard Bloomfield
 WHAT IS BEING BILINGUAL?

Jim Cummins Max Weinreich

 WHAT IS BEING BILINGUAL?

Types of bilinguals

o Compound: 2 languages for the same concept.

o Coordinate: 2 contexts.
o Subordinate: filtering/translating.
WHAT IS BEING BILINGUAL?

Percentages of bilingual people

Plurilingual
15%

Monolingual
40%

Bilingual
45%
WHAT IS BEING BILINGUAL?
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BENEFICTS OF KNOWING
OTHER LANGUAGE
 BENEFICTS OF KNOWING OTHER LANGUAGE

How is our brain not the same as non-bilingual brains?

o Reading comprehension
o Better long-term memory
o Easier to apply logic
o Concentration
o More empathy
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HOW IT AFFECTS THE BRAIN
 HOW IT AFFECTS THE BRAIN

Does it really affect the brain knowing other language? Yes, it does.

o More grey matter.

o Less probability for dementia.
o Prefrontal cortex stronger.

Why is it easier learning other language when being a kid?

o Brains flexibility
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DOES BEING BILINGUAL
CHANGES OUR PERSONALITY?