Dear Students,

If you were procrastinating or undecided whether or not to learn or to continue learning a second language next year the following scientific study should give you all the reasons to make it a priority in your 2011 resolutions.

NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE

(October 2010:vol 330) 

- Social Science -

The Benefits of Multilingualism

Jared Diamond + Author Affiliations

Geography Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA[masked], USA.

E-mail: [address removed]

Summary

Multilingualism—the ability to understand and speak several languages—is exceptional in the United States but common elsewhere, especially in small-scale traditional societies. For instance, once while I was camped with some New Guinea Highlanders conversing simultaneously in several local languages, I asked each man to name each language in which he could converse. It turned out that everyone present spoke at least 5 languages, and the champion was a man who spoke 15.

What are the cognitive effects of such multilingualism?

Recent studies (1–5) show that

·       children raised bilingually develop a specific type of cognitive benefit during infancy!

and that

·       bilingualism offers some protection against symptoms of Alzheimer's dementia in

old people!

Full report>> http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6002/332.full

In other words, the benefits are huge if you add these other tangible benefits:

·       Better jobs with better pay!

·       Travel overseas with confidence!

·       Communicate better with relatives, co-workers, friends and lovers from other cultures!

·       Get in touch with your roots!

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Happy New Year!

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