دراسات إنسانية واجتماعية
Volume 13, Numéro 2, Pages 473-482
2024-06-16

The Neurocognitive Approach To Language Teaching Through The Interaction Between Working Memory Components And Bilingualism: A Narrative Review Of The Evidence

Authors : Benaissa Ahmed .

Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to carries out a narrative review to analyze and summarize the results of the evidence related to working memory in monolingual and bilingual children. Methods: An electronic database search on ScienceDirect, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Semantic Scholar was conducted to identify articles investigating working memory and bilingualism. To select research published in peer-reviewed journals until 2023; out of 30 studies, 10 met the selection criteria. Results: The evidence varied in terms of the positive and negative influence and interaction of working memory and bilingualism, but there is a correlation between verbal-visuospatial working memory and inhibition abilities that contribute to working memory processing capacity.

Keywords

Bilingualism; Working memory; Inhibition; Teaching foreign languages.