#Bilingualism

Does #bilingualism delay cognitive decline?Yes, but if you ‘actively’ use the two languages.Findings from our recently accepted paper in Neuropsychologia.Full article: https://bit.ly/3fTLndl  (until 6 of Sept.)More details? Result
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I have gotten some new followers since my last thread about BICS and CALP so I am going to do one again. Apologies to those who have heard it before
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@EmilysNichols, @ComadorkSome thoughts about the recent Nichols et al., 2020 paper on bilingualism. 1) Using one or two questions to define bilingualism is *highly* problematic - akin to asking a
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Public Servant Perspective (sorry guys, this is gonna be a long thread): Despite my very Franco name, I'm an Anglophone from Southern Ontario (#KWawesome). I took core French from Grades
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In search of material for this week's BPE, I began as I usually do: googling "bilingualism" and seeing what comes up. Hey, you've got to start somewhere! #BPE #BI504 @cmleider
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[Thread] So, let's have a little talk about the significance of Pierre Trudeau's "middle finger salute" and Alberta politics. /1 It seems that even 40 odd years on, there are
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THREAD 1/11 Hey, I’m 35 and today was my first day of school! I enrolled in a Spanish for Heritage Speakers class at my local community college bc I always
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This kind of take reminds me of all my friends who visit Quebec-outside-of-Mtl for the first time and are surprised to discover that francophones are actually....francophones.I’m from Levis. 99.9% French
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Apa yang Terjadi Kalau Anak Diajari Bilingual Sejak Bayi?A thread by Lucy Sebagai anak sastra Inggris, pernah ga si kalian kepikiran buat ngajarin anak kalian bilingual sejak bayi? Jadi ngomong
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Thread on Writing:Where is the movement to condemn legalistic jargon (legalese) similar to popular critiques against "academic" writing?Academic writing is supposed to be technical; it's for specialists. Legal writing, on
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Some people treat translanguaging as an empirical phenomenon and want to understand its linguistic featuresFor me, translanguaging is an orientation that calls into question socially constructed linguistic boundaries in ways
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guide to balancing kpop and studies! - a thread 1. tune into renra while studying! it helps with my chinese, training my effective bilingualism! since i am learning korean on
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Read-only cultureSuppose you were raised in a religious household, but didn't practice yourself. Growing up with these civilizational scripts means you can recognize them, perhaps repeat them, but cannot write
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I have seen some commentary about "discrimination against unilingual Anglophones" in the federal public service. I have a few things to say. I co-chaired a process in the federal public
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chen zhuoxuan appreciation thread, based on today's historical events: so we all know queen czx went off today, saying how other trainees were getting commercial opportunities while she, despite being
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Okay so I’m about to write a thread on the topic I was reluctant to talk about on the tl last night since many are now intrigued to hear it.
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