The latest scientific investigations on the benefits of multilingualism indicate that being able to speak multiple languages does more for us than simply to enable communications with a larger number of people. Multilingualism also contributes to keeping the brain fit, and making us smarter. According to scientists... |
19 March 2012
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Of the estimated 6,000 languages spoken on Earth today, one disappears about two weeks. About 3,000 of them are at risk of going extinct, or are already in the final stages of disappearing. This state of fact made some experts consider whether the same could happen to the English language one day. In many respects, E... |
24 October 2011
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Researchers in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge say that children who learn to speak two or more languages benefit from more advantages over their peers who only know their mother tongue.
Data used for this investigation were collected by the Bilingualism Inform... |
5 October 2011
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For a long time, scientists have been curious as to whether knowing more than one language has a positive effect on the brain, or if it benefits thinking patterns. A large number of studies on the issue was carried out, but the conclusions were mixed. Now, a new work done by a European Commission-appointed group brin... |
19 October 2009
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All around the world, wherever there are minorities, there is the issue of multilingualism. People who immigrate to a certain country wish, after a while, to be able to communicate with authorities in their native tongue, which they say will make it a lot easier for them to follow rules and get along with their neigh... |
10 February 2009
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