Exposure to two languages carries far-reaching benefits
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 15:28
in Psychology & Sociology
People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to research conducted at Northwestern University. And their bilingual advantage persists even when the new language they study is completely different from the languages they already know.
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