The Bilingual Brain: Brain processes during language acquisition

Abstract

This work is a study on language acquisition, brain processes involved during its acquisition and bilingualism. The aim of this research is to better understand how two languages are learning simultaneously, so that we can be better prepared to assist children during linguistic acquisition, as well as to support the teacher and family through theoretical foundation. Aspects such as the cortical organization of language, differences between the bilingual brain, compared to the monolingual brain, and influence of social interaction on linguistic learning are explained in this work to provide a broad view of bilingual language acquisition. For this study, we chose to use the bibliographic research of foreign literature, because not enough materials were found in the Portuguese that covered the areas of study contemplated. The results show how the brain processes language acquisition, shows the difference between learning two languages simultaneously, and sequentially, and presents how social factors and language are associated.