Since you live abroad and use English every day, there are processes going on in your brain that we scientists are very interested in. We already know a little about them - for example, that bilingualism has many benefits.
However, there are still many issues that remain a mystery. The aim of the project is to understand what happens to your mother tongue when you use the other language intensively. Here are some of the questions we are trying to answer in our latest project:
- How does the fact that you use English frequently affect your understanding of and speaking Polish?
- What aspects of the language are most affected by the second language?
- What exactly is the effect of being ‘immersed’ in your mother tongue again (for example, thanks to a short holiday in the country)?