The Benefits of a Bilingual Brain

1. Brain Imaging Technology

1.1. Brain's left hemisphere

1.1.1. Analytical

1.1.2. Logical

1.1.3. Most adults use a left side in language acquisition

1.2. Brain's right hemisphere

1.2.1. Active

1.2.2. Social

1.3. Critical Period

1.3.1. Children use both hemisphere in language acquisition

2. types of Bilingualism

2.1. Compound Bilingual

2.1.1. Developing 2 linguistic codes at the same time, with a set of concepts.

2.1.2. Learning 2 languages.

2.1.3. Babies and Children

2.2. Coordinate Bilingual

2.2.1. Working with 2 sets of concepts

2.2.2. Learning one language in school while speaking another one at home and with friends

2.2.3. Teenagers

2.3. Subordinate Bilingual

2.3.1. Learning a 2nd language by filtering it through their primary language.

2.3.2. Adults

3. Multilingual

3.1. Knowing two or more languages

3.2. The brain may actually look&work differently than a monolingual brain.

4. Language Ability

4.1. Active Parts

4.1.1. Speaking

4.1.2. Writing

4.2. Passive Parts

4.2.1. Listening

4.2.2. Reading