Sunday, March 18, 2012

Bilingualism is, indeed, good for us.

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If you doubted whether bilingualism is good for us beyond its obvious practical benefits, read a piece by:

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee for the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html
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... The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment. “Bilinguals have to switch languages quite often ...
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