WHAT: Noggin visit with ~150 6th – 8th graders in Tigard-Tualatin School District!

We did it!

WHERE: Hazelbrook Middle School, 11300 SW Hazelbrook Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062; gym!

WHEN: Thursday, May 4, 2023, 8:30am – 11:00am

CONTACT: Rebecca Rousculp, 8th Grade Bilingual Teacher, Hazelbrook Middle School

We’ll discuss student questions about the brain benefits of multilingualism (and other topics they are curious about), enjoy an art project (in more than one language) and then consider more questions while examining brains.

“Today, more of the world’s population is bilingual or multilingual than monolingual. In addition to facilitating cross-cultural communication, this trend also positively affects cognitive abilities. Researchers have shown that the bilingual brain can have better attention and task-switching capacities than the monolingual brain, thanks to its developed ability to inhibit one language while using another. In addition, bilingualism has positive effects at both ends of the age spectrum: Bilingual children as young as seven months can better adjust to environmental changes, while bilingual seniors can experience less cognitive decline.”

LEARN MORE: The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
3. Veronika Carranza, PSU
4. Regina Warila, PSU
5. Andy Ng, PSU
6. Rebecca Chevrel, PSU
7. Marc Chenard, PSU
8. Jennifer Notter, PSU
9. Cameron Mcgrew, PSU
10. Nathalie Rios Carreon, PSU
11. Lee Hammond, PSU
12.Sami Wagner, PSU

¡Ser bilingüe es maravilloso!