Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances
Generally, the focus of this research is to determine whether there exist differences in short term memory and attention performances between the bilinguals and multilinguals . Matter arises wit h the question of whether mastering more languages wil...
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| description | Generally, the focus of this research is to determine whether there exist
differences in short term memory and attention performances
between the
bilinguals and multilinguals
.
Matter arises wit
h the question of whether mastering
more languages will burden the brain cognitive processing or vice versa.
The
experiment
design
is quasi
-
experiment
since no control group was involved
and
the instrument
used to measure
short term memory and attention wa
s
using
the
Cognitive Psychology Laboratory on a CD (CogLab)
. The Brown
-
Peterson test
was used to measure the short term memory performance and the Stroop effect
test was used to measure the attention performance. Sixteen (16) form four
students from Sekol
ah Menengah Jalan Batu Lintang and sixteen (16) students
from University Malaysia Sarawak has been chosen as the participants in this
study. No significant difference was found in short term memory performance
between the bilinguals and multilinguals. Howe
ver, there was a significant
difference in attention performance between the bilinguals and multilinguals. The
multilinguals scored better in the Stroop effect test compared to their bilinguals’
peers. This proves that actually mastering or learning more l
anguages does not
bring you harm, in fact it enhances the cognitive processes. |
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| spelling | unimas-67032025-02-06T07:54:28Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6703/ Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances Nurul Shuhadah, Muhamed. HM Sociology P Philology. Linguistics Generally, the focus of this research is to determine whether there exist differences in short term memory and attention performances between the bilinguals and multilinguals . Matter arises wit h the question of whether mastering more languages will burden the brain cognitive processing or vice versa. The experiment design is quasi - experiment since no control group was involved and the instrument used to measure short term memory and attention wa s using the Cognitive Psychology Laboratory on a CD (CogLab) . The Brown - Peterson test was used to measure the short term memory performance and the Stroop effect test was used to measure the attention performance. Sixteen (16) form four students from Sekol ah Menengah Jalan Batu Lintang and sixteen (16) students from University Malaysia Sarawak has been chosen as the participants in this study. No significant difference was found in short term memory performance between the bilinguals and multilinguals. Howe ver, there was a significant difference in attention performance between the bilinguals and multilinguals. The multilinguals scored better in the Stroop effect test compared to their bilinguals’ peers. This proves that actually mastering or learning more l anguages does not bring you harm, in fact it enhances the cognitive processes. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2006 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6703/6/NURUL%20SHUHADAH%20%20ft.pdf Nurul Shuhadah, Muhamed. (2006) Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology P Philology. Linguistics Nurul Shuhadah, Muhamed. Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| title | Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| title_full | Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| title_fullStr | Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| title_short | Bilinguals vs. Multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| title_sort | bilinguals vs. multilinguals :the differences in short term memory and attention performances |
| topic | HM Sociology P Philology. Linguistics |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6703/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6703/6/NURUL%20SHUHADAH%20%20ft.pdf |