The research topic I chose for week 1 assignment is How Does Bilingualism Influence on Children’s Socio-emotional Development? The subtopics are 1.Are Bilingual Children More Self-Esteemed? 2. Are Bilingual Children More Resilient to Stress? 3. Do Bilingual Children Have Different Personalities When Speaking Different Languages. I came up with these topics from questions that came from my personal daily experiences of learning English and raising my children to be bilingual. I am also most interested in socio-emotional development among the three main domains of child development because I think it controls the other domains. So, I wanted to know how being bilingual influences children’s socio-emotional development. For my final choice, even though I am most interested in 3, I chose 1 because I thought this is the most workable question based on what our textbook says, and I also thought it is the most purposeful topic that can bring benefits for both children desiring to be bilingual and children not seeking language skills who are in need of more self-esteem.
What I would like advice on the most is if I should combine 1 and 2 because they are related or if I should concentrate on only 1.
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Aya,
ReplyDeleteBilingualism intrigues me. I have a student currently who is leaning to be bilingual. The class has learned so much from him in the process. He teaches us a new word in Spanish each week. I commended his parents for raising hm to be bilingual. I can't wait to see what your research unveils.
Aya,
ReplyDeleteWow...I was really interested in subtopic number 3. However, for research purposes, I can understand how you might want to eliminate that one. I would stick to topic number 1. I feel that it is more defined, in in my eyes, I'm not sure if you could really combine the two. Good luck!
Rachel