Do different languages occupy different parts of your brain?
On a macroscopic level, the language neural activity of a monolingual English speaker is (VERY DIFFERENT)/(NOT DIFFERENT) from that of a monolingual Russian speaker.
What is NOT DIFFERENT?
Both of a bilingual's languages (ARE)/(ARE NOT) active at the same time.
What is ARE?
The hypothesis that bilinguals have better executive control than monolinguals because they had to learn to switch between languages.
What is the Bilingual Advantage Hypothesis?
In relation to brain anatomy, on a microscopic level, the two different languages of a bilingual might...
What is occupy slightly different brain regions?
TRUE or FALSE? Only bilinguals whose languages share a writing system activate both languages at all times.
FALSE! Wu & Thierry (2007) ran a beautiful experiment with English-Chinese bilinguals that proved the opposite.
When two bilinguals are having a conversation and they can switch on and off between their two languages as they please, we have a _______ code-switching context.
What is dense code-switching context?
No two bilinguals are the same. Name two reasons why it is so difficult to study bilinguals.
What is age of acquisition, type of acquisition, context of learning, level of proficiency, level of exposure, etc.
The main takeaway of Wu & Thierry (2007)'s study with Chinese-English bilinguals
When Chinese–English bilinguals read or listen to English, their brains automatically activate the sound of the Chinese translations (L1 phonology), even in a purely English task
The context when switching languages effortful for a bilingual
What is dual language contexts?
i.e., when switching is forced and necessary for the interlocutor to understand the bilingual.