Multilingualism in Language Learning: What Does the Research Say?

"It is more beneficial to learn the native language before learning a foreign language", "Being bilingual without learning the native language causes mental confusion", "If the child confuses the two languages he knows, it is best to know only one of them very well"... These are expressions that we still hear a lot in society today, in line with the research conducted by Maria Kihlstedt...

–Maria Kihlstedt, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre

No two languages have the same place in the brain.sdoesn't it

In the late 19th century, when states were in the process of being established, states had only one political goal: to make the whole society uniform. This pushed them to put forward the concept of "one state, one language". During this period, for a long time, bilingualism or multilingualism was seen as 'dangerous' for all individuals, and this understanding was accepted, especially in western societies, until approximately the 60s. However, there is something we often forget today: 2/3 of the world speaks at least two foreign languages.

When we give language education to a young child, we do not actually overload his brain. On the contrary, research shows that children's brains literally take it upon themselves to 'have fun' with the new words they learn, in order not to weaken. If we need to explain it more scientifically; all orsEven though it was in the 1960s, especially around the age of 7slanguage learning beforegOpen neural circuits in the brains of children learningsUmmm just waitedgI soh this languagegStimulating the mind and turning it into a desire in the brain.

Before the age of 7, all languages discovered and created actually occur through a mandate. In this way, children have the opportunity to explore the world from one, two or even three different windows. Although temporary delays sometimes occur in mother tongue learning, these delays can be closed in a short time. To explain what we want to say more simply: 7 years oldsaftergin learned languages, language orsbut also the applicationgthe province is only a matter of languagesmay ogWe are learning. This is itsaftergWith each language learned, the child begins to take this new language out of the native language category and into the "foreign language" category.sIt is happening. (Dalgalian, 2000 and Petit, 2001)

Knowing how to be bilingualsthe flood camesime effects

Young children learning a different languagegstart learningswhen they say, they wish themselvesgDoes it reveal the features that distinguish and differentiate them from each other?s they become. In this way, different cultures and different perspectivess people who have anglessBecoming more open to otherssThey are calling. The importance of this success today is indisputable.

Being bilingual also has benefits that are not well known and are far from just 'language learning'. Research shows that little or nosLearning a different language fromgchildren who learn, futuresmore creatively and conceptually ingIsbinarygThey are more prone to

To give an example, in a study conducted by Riccardielli in 1992, bilingual and monolingual children were asked to reveal how many different uses they could use from a few brick pieces and a Coke bottle. The results were measured according to the originality and sheer quantity of what was put forward. this timesAt the end of the study, bilingual children showed a significant difference to monolingual children.gIt was seen.

What does being bilingual mean to children?gIts advantages are;

• They can achieve better concentration in environments that disturb them (noise, light, etc.);
• Becoming more successful in solving problems;
• Becoming stronger in communication (for example, explaining the rules of the game to a child younger than them);
• They are better at spatial perception;
• They have developed positively, especially in the field of mathematics. It should not be forgotten that; A child who starts learning a different language at a young age will not immediately become bilingual. In other words, we would like to underline that you cannot immediately start using this language in your field. This is something that will only happen with patience and time.