Psychological Factors of Bilingualism

Psychological Factors of BilingualismT fit of Contents (Jump to)IntroductionPsychological factors of bilingualistism Cognitive, Executive and cognizance BasedChallenges towards adopting bilingual learning in UAE and RecommendationsConclusionReferencesIntroductionBilingualism is primarily concerned with use of similitude langu times in a country. This paper discusses the use of English and Arabic manner of speakings in UAE and how it related to the individual individuality and psychology of mountain in UAE. This paper analyses the impact of bilingual habits and identity of an individual and the psychological localisements that a person must make to a-fit himself or herself in a bicultural environment. In an environment where individuals return to adjust to more than one cultures and deal in more than one language, it has a very positive deductive reasoning on the psychology of an individual leading to benefits such as multiple group loyalties, bilingual competence learning t o impressive personalities and beneficial outcomes at subject field or career places through stop amalgamate (Appel, 1987).Psychological factors of bilingualism Cognitive, Executive and Perception BasedIn a study conducted by Worall, children of age groups amid four-six and six-nine were studied have monolingual and bilingual backgrounds of learning for their choices of phonetic and semantic words. It was observed during the study that the children, who had a bilingual approach, had a go understanding of semantic words in comparison to children who had a exclusive language approach. The children with bilingual background reached at a semantic language learning advantage at least 2-3 years beforehand(predicate) than then singular language counterparts. This clearly states that bilingualism enhances language outgrowthal aspects in an individuals personality.It has also been established by Ellen and Hatuka in their study that the individuals who have a bilingual approach have a better thinking pattern and potty think and work on more than one direction than the the great unwashed who speak and understand however one language. So, the people in UAE who can understand and think in two languages, English and Arabic have a stronger pass off of excelling as individuals in their own fields rather than people who can speak only Arabic. These people are able to realise their mind better and work according to the grammatical as closely as syntax requirements of the languages English and Arabic. This better understanding of languages leads to better awareness and increased power to reign structures in an individual. Such people can better understand and control uncertainty and arbitrary aspects of objects (Hakuta, 1985).The people of UAE who observe the immersion and study of both languages English and Arabic from an early stage, are better able to think and act according to instructions in both languages and have a higher storey of cognitive developmen t than their counterparts who have studied only in native language i.e. Arabic. Such individuals have a better understanding of concepts as a part of their personality and are able to better map the words and labels towards the concepts of liveliness (Bialystok, 1987).These individuals also have a better functioning and understanding of decision maker functions and skills such a chore solving capabilities, mentally bend and control the individual attention, enhances inhibitory control and effectively switching between the tasks. The individuals who can also control their language power while relations in English, besides the native language, Arabic have better cognitive and executive functions understanding. Not only they have an understanding of executive functions, but also pr regulart the decline of cognitive functions when the old age arrives.Bilingual factors also influence the perception based psychological factors. This includes the creative power and psychological flex t o assume situations. The individuals who have an ability to perceive and understand both English and Arabic languages, have a better conceptualization and imaginary power leading to a psychology pertaining to better understanding of life situations. They are able to better manipulate the life and work situations to work in accordance with expectations and social situations. This advantage is of extreme importance in comparison to their colleagues who have a monolingual approach towards work and life situations (Emmorey, 2008).Also it has been noticed that bilingual individuals have a better understanding of mathematical concepts that even immerse into real life challenges and calculations thus, leading to beneficial and profitable situations and decision making power. They have a better understanding of mathematical concepts, say, for example, logically placing the objectives and issues in accordance with profit making or waiver based studies. Such perception based advantage also percolate into non mathematical situations, for example, understanding a problem based upon depiction through pictures. Thus, it can be established that individuals have a better understanding of life and work concepts as well as cognitive, executive and perception based problem solving psychological factors if they are bilinguals, over their monolingual counterparts (MacSwan, 2008).Challenges towards adopting bilingual learning in UAE and RecommendationsThe poor feeling of education pertaining to Arabic language learning is the major challenge in UAE. Both in insular and public schools, the language which is the native of UAE, does not observe adequate teaching skills or learning resources, as there must be. This is in no match to the global English language learning resources. The teachers disclose to match the global standards of learning.It is highly recommended that the educational authorities realize the benefits of bilingual teaching and develop resources for Emiratis for adopting both English and Arabic language that matches the global aspects of learning. Specific focus must be laid on bringing Arabic language at par of English standard. Also, Arabic and English languages must be immersed with each other in learning at a very early level for distinguish development of cognitive and executive functions of individuals.It is thus recommended that the English and Arabic languages must be immersed at a very early level.ConclusionIt is very classical to introduce and continue bilingual approach for the corporate, disposal and educational institutions of UAE. English language must be introduced and Arabic language must be preserved. It is important to consider that bilingual approach can be challenging for the psychology of individuals due to the differences in language basics and the ambiguity that is associated with adopting these languages at all levels such as schooling, corporate etcNeedless to mention, that before the emphasis can be laid on lea rning of English language and finding places for this foreign language in the lives and identity of UAE people, prominence has to be given to Arabic language learning from a very early stage. A bilingual language approach for Emiratis means higher floor of cognitive, perception and executive skills development in students as well corporate people.ReferencesAppel, R. Muysken, P. (1987). Language contact and bilingualism. London Edward Arnold.Hakuta K., Diaz R. M. (1985). The relationship between degree of bilingualism and cognitive ability a critical discussion and some new longitudinal data.. In Nelson K. E. Childrens Language, vol.5. 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