Evaluación de las habilidades psicolingüística a las etnias pertenecientes al departamento de la Guainía.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Language is a system of linguistic codes, which are designed to the objects of the external world, their actions, qualities and relationships between them. The objective of this research is to evaluate the performance of a group of bilingual adults belonging to the indigenous ethnic groups of the Department of the Guardia of Bogotá DC, in Colombia, using the components of understanding and production of the Battery for the Evaluation of the Processes Linguistics in the Adult "PEPLA". METHODS: The present investigation is part of a

descriptive, cross-sectional approach with a study sample of 30 people belonging to indigenous ethnic groups. The sample unit consisted of 18 women and 12 men of the indigenous Sikuani ethnic groups. Kurripako, Kubeo and Piapoco have fluctuated between 25 and 45 years. RESULTS: The results of the variables of gender, age, city of birth and ethnic group, overall performance of the test and the characterization of ethnic performance were obtained with the SPSS version 22 program in Spanish. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION: Contemporary literature reports positive, but also negative, effects of bilingualism. Positive effects include: increased metalinguistic awareness, increased cognitive control and mental flexibility. CONCLUSIONS: Although in the literature the indigenous languages are not spoken or spoken in the account, the theoretical contacts meet with the results in which the participants present an increase in the cognitive control and the mental flexibility, however, present a decrease in verbal fluency and a slower development of language