I thought that these readings were quite interesting. Though I am not fully bilingual, it was nice to read about how being bilingual offered many benefits such as more neural connections, delayed onsets to Alzheimer’s Disease, and heightened awareness abilities of the environment. It encouraged me to pursue being bilingual even more. One thing I found interesting when reading these articles was that one side effect of being bilingual was having a limited vocabulary. I related to this very much, and I was slightly relieved to know that there was a reason for why I couldn’t think of what an object was called. I have many instances where I would be talking to someone, and I wouldn’t know what word to use to describe what I was thinking, and I end up having to pantomime what I am saying. I thought it was also interesting how bilingual babies were able to be more aware of their environment. I would have never thought that a mental ability of being bilingual would also translate into physical abilities. The babies essentially demonstrated what they had to do in their head (switching from one to another) into actions in real life.
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