The texts and sources listed below were analyzed and used to compliment our individual arguments in our essays. They are all primary texts curated by our group.
Interview with Kabir:
This source is discussed in Bethanie's Analysis. Kabir Mohideen, an Emory student, was born in the United States, but learned Hindi along with English as he grew up. He considers himself to be very fluent in Hindi but not fluent in Spanish, which he learned in school, due to the fact that he learned to speak Hindi at a young age. In the interview, Kabir contrasts his knowledge of Spanish vs. his knowledge of Hindi to explain the importance of learning languages at a young age.
This relates to Bethanie's topic on early-childhood bilingual education because Kabir's experience serves as a real life example of the scientifically backed critical period hypothesis. Her analysis relates Kabir's experience to a scientific article that uses the critical period hypothesis (most cognitive development occurs in early years) to argue for the importance of bilingual education in early childhood systems. Click here for Bethanie's Analysis.
The link to the interview is provided below:
http://whentolearnlanguages.weebly.com/kabir-mohideen.html
This source is discussed in Bethanie's Analysis. Kabir Mohideen, an Emory student, was born in the United States, but learned Hindi along with English as he grew up. He considers himself to be very fluent in Hindi but not fluent in Spanish, which he learned in school, due to the fact that he learned to speak Hindi at a young age. In the interview, Kabir contrasts his knowledge of Spanish vs. his knowledge of Hindi to explain the importance of learning languages at a young age.
This relates to Bethanie's topic on early-childhood bilingual education because Kabir's experience serves as a real life example of the scientifically backed critical period hypothesis. Her analysis relates Kabir's experience to a scientific article that uses the critical period hypothesis (most cognitive development occurs in early years) to argue for the importance of bilingual education in early childhood systems. Click here for Bethanie's Analysis.
The link to the interview is provided below:
http://whentolearnlanguages.weebly.com/kabir-mohideen.html
Scholarly article written by Walter J.B. van Heuven:
This source is discussed in Margaux's Analysis. The article, titled Language Conflict in the Bilingual Brain, addresses the question about how bilingual students are able to focus in a certain language at a given time. After research was conducted, data showed that language conflict occurs, meaning that even though bilinguals may be focusing in a target language, the non-target language is activated too.
This relates to Margaux's topic because she discusses how students are able to shuttle between languages. Research has thus proven that the various languages in a multilingual brain are always activated, even if one is not aware of it. Click here for Margaux's Analysis.
The link to the article is provided below:
http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/11/2706.full.pdf+html
This source is discussed in Margaux's Analysis. The article, titled Language Conflict in the Bilingual Brain, addresses the question about how bilingual students are able to focus in a certain language at a given time. After research was conducted, data showed that language conflict occurs, meaning that even though bilinguals may be focusing in a target language, the non-target language is activated too.
This relates to Margaux's topic because she discusses how students are able to shuttle between languages. Research has thus proven that the various languages in a multilingual brain are always activated, even if one is not aware of it. Click here for Margaux's Analysis.
The link to the article is provided below:
http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/11/2706.full.pdf+html
Interview with Julian:
This interview is one of the sources used in Doris's Analysis. Julian is an Emory student and he is from Puerto Rico. He speaks English and Spanish. In his interview, he talks about how learning and speaking English has affected his social relationships. Julian also mentions that he went to a school where they mostly taught in English, although they used both English and Spanish. He also talks about the obstacles he faced when he learned English, which connects to Doris's analysis about the obstacles and benefits that multilingual students face. On her analysis, Doris connects to this interview by writing about the social effects of multilingualism and uses examples from this source. Click here for Doris's analysis.
The link to the interview is provided below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvte6f5Ix6Y