The neurocognitive approach to language teaching through the interaction between working memory components and bilingualism: a narrative review of the evidence

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Objectives: the study aimed to carries out a narrative review to analyze and summarize the results of the evidence related to working memory in monolingual and bilingual children.

methods: an electronic database search on science direct, PubMed, google scholar, and semantic scholar was conducted to identify articles investigating working memory and bilingualism.

to select research published in peer-reviewed journals until 2023; out of 30 studies, 10 met the selection criteria.

results: the evidence varied in terms of the positive and negative influence and interaction of working memory and bilingualism, but there is a correlation between verbal-visuospatial working memory and inhibition abilities that contribute to working memory processing capacity.