language clustering...and blablabla

[simply-gris]

Hello,

I was wondering if you can help me understand this paragraph. As you can see this is an experiment done by Champagnol who is trying to explain how memory is stored in a bilingual brain. However, I'm not sure what he did in his experiment... and I don't know if you can help me with this... There are words that go beyond my little knowlegde!

Thank you in advance.

In a study Champagnol compared students of English at 4 grade levels for semantic category and language clustering in free recall, immediate and deferred, of word lists comprising 24 English or French words or both. Except for beginners, recall was more extensive with unilingual than bilingual lists, as was true for clustering. The latter, primarily through semantic categories, increased quantitatively with grade levels, becoming gradually independent of the 2 languages involved. Common bilingual structures are presumably weaker than those pertaining to a particular language, thus producing scantier groups and consequently a smaller amount of recall with respect to bilingual lists.

 

[simply-gris]

ok, here's what I have so far:


In a study Champagnol compared participants that were learning English. Participants were in 4 different grade levels. He gave them lists of 24 words in English or French or both. Participants had to recall the list of words after a period of time or immediately. When the list contained words in only one language, participants recalled more words than when they were given a list that contained two languages.

 

[simply-gris]

Now, what about the next part?

Can someone help me?

The latter, primarily through semantic categories, increased quantitatively with grade levels, becoming gradually independent of the 2 languages involved. Common bilingual structures are presumably weaker than those pertaining to a particular language, thus producing scantier groups and consequently a smaller amount of recall with respect to bilingual lists.

 

[caballoschica]

Hello,

I was wondering if you can help me understand this paragraph. As you can see this is an experiment done by Champagnol who is trying to explain how memory is stored in a bilingual brain. However, I'm not sure what he did in his experiment... and I don't know if you can help me with this... There are words that go beyond my little knowlegde!

Thank you in advance.

In a study Champagnol compared students of English at 4 grade levels for semantic category and language clustering in free recall, immediate and deferred, of word lists comprising 24 English or French words or both. Except for beginners, recall was more extensive with unilingual than bilingual lists, as was true for clustering. The latter, primarily through semantic categories, increased quantitatively with grade levels, becoming gradually independent of the 2 languages involved. Common bilingual structures are presumably weaker than those pertaining to a particular language, thus producing scantier groups and consequently a smaller amount of recall with respect to bilingual lists.

In a study Champagnol compared students of English at four grade levels for semantic (what words mean) category. So I assume that means different categories for different words/word-meanings and language clustering-how they put words together? immediate and put off until another time of words combining 24 English or French words or both. Except for beginners, recall-how people memorize words than list them out-was more extensive than clustering for unilingual lists. clustering increased through different meaning categories, becoming gradually independent. Yeah, clustering is how they structure things. Common bilingual structures are most likely weaker than those pertaining to a particular language, producing fewer groups and a small amount of recall with respect to bilingual lists.

In other words, it's easier to remember words in one language or another, not both at the same time because you can "cluster" words together that are alike in order to better memorize them rather than straight recall or memorization of each individual word.