Does it help your brain if you use your 2nd language only occasionally? (5/31/2011)

Does it help your brain if you use your second language only occasionally? How do monolingual and bilingual kids judge the sentence “Apples grown on noses” – a grammartically correct sentence that doesn’t make any sense?

Find out the answers in this NY Times article!

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About Maiko

Hi, I'm Maiko! I'm a mom to a 4 year old who is growing up bilingually in Oregon (Japanese/English). Our son has sensory integration issues, which he's getting some help from occupational therapist. After getting my MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, I have taught ESL for more than 8 years, and is currently a faculty member at American English Institute at University of Oregon. マイコと言います、こんにちは!オレゴンでバイリンガル育児中。息子は感覚統合に少々問題があり、現在作業療法士さんと一緒にトレーニングをしています。仕事は、英語教授法修士→日本やアメリカで英語の先生→出産→翻訳→現在は、オレゴン大学の英語プログラムに落ち着いています。どうぞよろしく!
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