Bilingualism

What is bilingualism?

• speaking a language other than English

• speaking more than one language

• 
• speaking 2 languages

• knowing English and Spanish

Researchers say studying languages increases our ability to ________.

• 
• sleep

• do crossword puzzles

• forget words

What 5 languages come from Latin?

• Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian

• German, English, Russian, Arabic, and Romanian

• Chinese, Taglog, Spanish, Finnish, and French

• Icelandic, Norweigan, Swedish, French, and Spanish

How many countries share Spanish as their first language?

• 21

• 
• 12

• 37

People who speak more than one language are much better at multitasking.

• True

• False

What are the four components of language learning?

• reading, texting, playing and storytelling

• speaking, writing, reading and listening

• talking, pronunciation, memorization and skimming

• approximation, synthesis, analysis, and prediction

Which hemisphere of the brain is more dominant in analytical and logical processes?

• superior

• 
• right

• left

Which hemisphere of the brain is more dominant in emotional and social processes?

• superior

• dorsal

• right

• left

Which of the below is not a benefit of being bilingual?

• 
• Increase in grey matter that contains majority of neurons and synapses

• larger vocabulary in young children

• Delayed onset of dimentia

As a result of improved functioning of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, bilingualism aides in which of the following?

• improved ability to filter out irrelevant information

• improved ability to read for higher comprehension

• improved ability to deal with stressful situations

• improved ability to make up options for multiple choice quizzes about videos on youtube