Mock Annotated Bibliography Ashia Carr

Yang, Eunju. “Bilinguals’ Working Memory (WM) Advantage and Their Dual Language Practices.” Brain Sciences .2017. 1-21

The study wants to prove that, “continuous practice of life-long activities enhances cognitive functions that are related to those practices [67–69]” (16). According to Yang, who references multiple other sources, there is a possible difference in the working memory of people who are bilingual (15). The groups used during the study are “Korean near-monolingual, Korean–English intermediate, and Korean–English high bilingual groups” (15). The study concludes that, “the WM [working memory] of the intermediate bilinguals was enhanced, while that of high bilinguals was not” (17). This is due to high bilinguals being more proficient in both languages and not needing cognitive tools to help with learning the language. Interlineate bilinguals are still learning the language and require cognitive tools, such tools that enhance the working memory, in their everyday life.