Exploring Cognitive Functioning of Teachers: An Outline from Multilingual Perspective

By : Sayonee Chatterjee, Ria Batavyal, Aparajita Chakraborty

Page No: 387-393

Abstract:
Multilingualism’ is defined as the ability to multiple languages parallelly. The purpose of this study is to test the difference in executive functioning, memory and learning between non-foreign language and foreign language teachers. Data was collected from 120 language teachers from school and college, with age ranging from 28 to 45 years. The tools used included: Rey’s Auditory Verbal learning Test and Ridley’s Stroop Test. Results revealed there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of auditory verbal learning. Thus, need for improvement in the domain of response inhibition and enhancing the auditory-verbal memory is required.

Authors :
Sayonee Chatterjee
Student - Department of Psychology, Amity University, Kolkata.

Ria Batavyal
Student - Department of Psychology, Amity University, Kolkata.

Aparajita Chakraborty
Assistant Professor - Department of Psychology, Amity University, Kolkata
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2021.16.02.18