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Bilingualism

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is bilingualism?

a)

speaking a language other than English

b)

speaking more than one language

c)
d)

speaking 2 languages

e)

knowing English and Spanish

2.

Researchers say studying languages increases our ability to ________.

a)
b)

sleep

c)

do crossword puzzles

d)

forget words

3.

What 5 languages come from Latin?

a)

Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian

b)

German, English, Russian, Arabic, and Romanian

c)

Chinese, Taglog, Spanish, Finnish, and French

d)

Icelandic, Norweigan, Swedish, French, and Spanish

4.

How many countries share Spanish as their first language?

a)

21

b)
c)

12

d)

37

5.

People who speak more than one language are much better at multitasking.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What are the four components of language learning?

a)

reading, texting, playing and storytelling

b)

speaking, writing, reading and listening

c)

talking, pronunciation, memorization and skimming

d)

approximation, synthesis, analysis, and prediction

7.

Which hemisphere of the brain is more dominant in analytical and logical processes?

a)

superior

b)
c)

right

d)

left

8.

Which hemisphere of the brain is more dominant in emotional and social processes?

a)

superior

b)

dorsal

c)

right

d)

left

9.

Which of the below is not a benefit of being bilingual?

a)
b)

Increase in grey matter that contains majority of neurons and synapses

c)

larger vocabulary in young children

d)

Delayed onset of dimentia

10.

As a result of improved functioning of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, bilingualism aides in which of the following?

a)

improved ability to filter out irrelevant information

b)

improved ability to read for higher comprehension

c)

improved ability to deal with stressful situations

d)

improved ability to make up options for multiple choice quizzes about videos on youtube

11.

What is a compound bilingual?

a)

a bilingual who knows three languages or more

b)

a bilingual who began learning their second language as an adult

c)

a bilingual person who learned both languages simultaneously

d)

a bilingual person who learns their second language at school

12.

What is bilingual education?

a)

The use of only Spanish and English

b)

Learning in only the secondary language

c)
d)

Learning in two languages a native and secondary language

13.

What are basic language abilities?

a)

reading and writing

b)

speaking and listening

c)

writing, speaking, and reading

d)

reading, writing, speaking and listening

14.

What is a sequential bilingual?

a)

learning in native language

b)

learns one language then the second language

c)

learns two languages at once

d)

learning a language