{"id":1072,"date":"2022-07-20T02:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:19:47","slug":"bilingual-minds-why-do-we-feel-like-a-different-person-when-speaking-in-a-foreign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/bilingual-minds-why-do-we-feel-like-a-different-person-when-speaking-in-a-foreign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we feel like \u2018a different person\u2019 when switching to another language?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <section class=\"section blogHeader\" id=\"blogHeader-block_62d9226427417\">\n      <div class=\"blogHeader__wrapper\">\n                              <div class=\"blogHeader__image\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed.jpeg\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed.jpeg\" alt=\"Bilingualism\" class=\"blogHeader__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1536x804.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed.jpeg 1600w\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:1024\/536;\"> \n              <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          \n      <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n      <section class=\"blogContentTable\" data-toc-section>\n        <input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__toggle\" \/>\n        <label for=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__header\">\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__heading\">\n                Table of contents            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__arrow\"><\/span>\n        <\/label>\n        <div class=\"blogContentTable__wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"blogContentTable__heading blogContentTable__heading--sidebar\">\n                Table of contents            <\/div>\n            <ol class=\"blogContentTable__list\">\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Frame-shifting: your self esteem will celebrate your Spanish skills<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Cultural accommodation: win in English, cooperate in Dutch<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Categorization behavior: does the grammar matter?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Language effect: learn Chinese to save money<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ol>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <script>\n        \/\/ Use DOMContentLoaded for faster TOC initialization\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {\n            const tocSection = document.querySelector('[data-toc-section]');\n            if (!tocSection) return;\n\n            const headings = document.querySelectorAll('.blogHeadingText');\n            const tableContainer = tocSection.querySelector('.blogContentTable__list');\n            if (!tableContainer) return;\n\n            \/\/ Clear the container\n            tableContainer.innerHTML = '';\n\n            \/\/ Count valid headings with h2\n            let validHeadingsCount = 0;\n\n            \/\/ For each heading, create an item in the table of contents\n            headings.forEach((heading, index) => {\n                const h2 = heading.querySelector('h2');\n                if (!h2) return;\n\n                validHeadingsCount++;\n                const title = h2.textContent.trim();\n                const itemHtml = `<li><a href=\"#${heading.id}\">${title}<\/a><\/li>`;\n                tableContainer.innerHTML += itemHtml;\n            });\n\n            \/\/ Hide TOC if no valid headings found\n            if (validHeadingsCount === 0) {\n                tocSection.style.display = 'none';\n            }\n            \n            \/\/ Dispatch custom event to notify that TOC is ready\n            document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('tocReady'));\n        });\n    <\/script>\n  \n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogText\" id=\"blogText-block_62d922cc27418\">\n    <div class=\"blogText__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"blogText__content\">\n            <p>There is no doubt that nowadays bilingualism can be encountered more than ever thanks to our globalized society and increased mobility. While a lot of us may think that being bilingual means that someone speaks 2 languages simultaneously from a very young age, that\u2019s not necessarily true.<\/p>\n<p>There are different types of bilinguals based on various factors such as age or relationship between the fluency of the languages spoken, which is why it\u2019s possible to become bilingual or multilingual later in life.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most fascinating aspects of bilingualism is that people often claim that they feel like \u2018a different person\u2019 when they switch to another language. Some assume that they might be more open, bold or expressive and even their actions are subject to altering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But can speaking a foreign language really change our personality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To answer this question, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\">Novakid online English school<\/a> has investigated various phenomenons of bilingualism and some curious investigations on the topic.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogImage\" id=\"blogImage-block_62d922f627419\">\n    <div class=\"blogImage__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogImage__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1.jpeg\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Bilingualism\" class=\"blogImage__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-1.jpeg 1000w\" >\n                <div class=\"glightbox__zoom\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/novakid\/public\/img\/icons\/search.svg\" alt=\"Zoom icon\" class=\"style-svg\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d923102741a\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d923102741a\">\n                Frame-shifting: your self esteem will celebrate your Spanish skills            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phenomenon of switching personalities based on a language is called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">frame-shifting<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it was analyzed by professors David Luna, Torsten Ringberg and Laura A. Peracchio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They talk about the difference between bilinguals and biculturals, the latter being described as \u201cindividuals who have internalized two cultures and who speak the languages associated with each of those cultures.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the researchers, a change of a language might trigger the frame-shifting and to prove the hypothesis they studied a group composed of English-Spanish females.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants had to view advertisements in both languages featuring female characters and describe them. Interestingly, the perception of a woman in general varied based on the language of the advertisement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, one participant\u2019s English-language description of the female standing on the hilltop was as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cinsecure, worrying, hopeless\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but the same advertisement in Spanish made an impression of a woman being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201ca risk taker, expressive and independent.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Also, women who identified with both cultures changed their personality more than those who only spoke those languages. They admitted to feeling more assertive and independent when speaking Spanish rather than English.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d9233c2741b\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d9233c2741b\">\n                Cultural accommodation: win in English, cooperate in Dutch            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you study the culture of the target language, you assimilate attitudes, codes of conduct and values particular to that community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, when you communicate with native speakers, it\u2019s highly likely that you want to respond in a manner that favors the needs of your interlocutors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here comes the concept of cultural accommodation which is very much close to frame-shifting. Studies show that when bilinguals are asked questions in another language, their answers usually reflect values of the language in question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One example<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> included testing how Dutch students can show different behavior when performing a task in English. Dutch culture is cooperation-based while Anglo-American culture is more competition-based.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogImage\" id=\"blogImage-block_62d9235b2741c\">\n    <div class=\"blogImage__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogImage__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-2.jpeg\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Bilingualism\" class=\"blogImage__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/unnamed-2.jpeg 1000w\" >\n                <div class=\"glightbox__zoom\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/novakid\/public\/img\/icons\/search.svg\" alt=\"Zoom icon\" class=\"style-svg\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogText\" id=\"blogText-block_62d923642741d\">\n    <div class=\"blogText__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"blogText__content\">\n            <p><b>The experiment illustrated that the Dutch students who had exposure to Anglophone context before were more competitive and less cooperative in a game conducted in English rather than in Dutch.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d923742741e\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d923742741e\">\n                Categorization behavior: does the grammar matter?            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Language can also influence the way you interpret the world around you and what linguistic expression you may use to describe an event. This assumption was proved in the study <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTwo languages, two minds\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the linguist Athanasopoulos, Germans tend to describe the goal, the endpoint of an event because their language usually looks at the event as a whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, English native speakers normally will focus only on the action itself without paying attention to the goal because English grammar requires the use of the verb in the ongoing phase (e.g. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-ing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, when watching a video with a woman walking towards a car, a German speaker would say \u201cA woman is walking towards a car\u201d, but an English speaker would reply \u201cA woman is walking\u201d without mentioning an endpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>During the experiment, the English and German bilinguals had to watch videos and describe the goal-oriented motion events. When they were asked to reply in English, their answers were similar to that of native English speakers and vice versa. So, here we can see that change of a language influences how we categorize things and events.<\/b><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d9239c2741f\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62d9239c2741f\">\n                 Language effect: learn Chinese to save money            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some scientists assume that the grammar of the language might change even our daily habits. The economist Keith Chen from the University of Los-Angeles published several <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anderson.ucla.edu\/faculty\/keith.chen\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discussing whether grammar might have an impact on how we spend money, our relationship with health and other spheres of our life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandarin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> doesn\u2019t have a future tense, using a present form for its expression. In this way a Chinese speaker feels that their future is closer to their present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>That\u2019s why Chinese are 30% more likely to save money than their linguistic counterparts with more marked future tenses!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the particularities related to bilingual or multilingual personality-shifting, such a change provokes some numerous benefits. It&#8217;s scientifically proven that bilinguals have more dense gray matter in their brain and tend to think more analytically. Being fluent in another language and constantly exposing yourself to the other culture may boost your self-confidence and contribute to greater openness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/umu.diva-portal.org\/smash\/get\/diva2:1178758\/FULLTEXT01.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Wederus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interviewed a group of Swedish immigrants living in Dublin, Ireland and found out that for the majority of them it became much easier to express their emotions and be more extroverted in English rather than in Swedish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One participant described her experience of speaking English in the following way:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou know, that person that I was in English was maybe a little more daring, more outgoing. It was fun to get to be this lovely happy person, separate from this other person who was very contemplating and had more control. Now these two have sort of married, but they hadn\u2019t back then.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn foreign languages and \u2018marry\u2019 your personalities!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a foreign language change a personality? To find out the answer, Novakid online English school has investigated various phenomenons of bilingualism and some curious research on the topic. 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