Introduction Understanding two languages, and often two cultures, gives bilinguals a broader perception of people and society: they are inherently more socially open and flexible and have a deep understanding that people do not always think alike. Alongside this practical advantage lies a neuro-cognitive one. Numerous studies have shown that bilinguals surpass monolinguals in cognitive […]
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THE GIFT OF BILINGUALISM, part 1 Becoming Bilingual
Introduction (This section provides background information about language learning, skip a few paragraphs to “How children become bilingual,” if you wish) There is a small window of time in which a person can truly become a fluent native speaker of a language, and that is during childhood. Native speaker fluency means acquiring a language […]
The Bilingual Advantage in Children
New Research: The Bilingual Advantage may extend to children with ASD There’s a growing body of evidence that bilingualism brings numerous benefits to children, many of which extend into adulthood. What Bilingualism is Bilingualism comes when a child grows up learning two languages. Usually this means in the home – perhaps parents speak two languages, […]