Why go Bilingual?
When talking to clients about roles they are currently recruiting for the response we often get is that some clients do not really have a requirement for multilingual candidates; whilst in an international business with offices and clients worldwide the advantages of having bilingual employees are obvious, the use they have in other commercial environments [...]
Click here to continue readingBeing Bilingual Could Protect You Against Dementia
Planning to join French classes? Here is a reason why you should go ahead with your plan — learning another language “rewires” the brain and could help slow the onset of dementia, claims a new study. Researchers at the York University in Toronto, Canada, found that learning two languages makes the brain work harder, making [...]
Click here to continue readingScottish Teenager Named “Most Multilingual” in the UK
A 14 year old from Callander has been named the most multi-lingual child in the UK. After he learned Russian, Bruce Ballie-Hamilton decided to acquire Mandarin next, because, he told BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme, he “wanted a challenge”. Arabic was next on the list. After a language with, effectively, no alphabet he wanted [...]
Click here to continue readingThe Benefits of Bilingualism
SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can [...]
Click here to continue readingHola! Brighton school becomes bilingual
The first mainstream Spanish bilingual school in the country is being lined up to mentor its counterparts in the city on languages. St Paul’s Primary became the first bilingual school in Sussex and the first primary to teach non-language subjects in Spanish in September. Children in two school years are taught PE, art and music [...]
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Nation of polyglots The complexity of slovenščina (the Slovenian language) isn’t the main reason few try to learn it; the real reason nobody tries to learn it is that Slovenians usually speak your native language. Within Europe, Slovenians come in third in speaking a foreign language. Europeans proclaim they’re all polyglots, but 44 percent of EU citizens [...]
Click here to continue readingJoin the Cult of the Hyperpolyglot
Many people want to speak a second language, but for some people two can never be enough. Welcome to the world of the hyperpolyglot. Ray Gillon speaks 18 languages. To be precise, he only speaks eight fluently. His grasp on the other 10 is merely conversational. Throw anything at him in Portuguese, Thai, Turkish, Russian, [...]
Click here to continue readingDoes Bilingualism Have a Downside?
The Dark Side of Bilingualism: the Number of Official Languages Grows, But Problems Do Not Decrease Representatives of pro-Russian organizations in Ukraine often allude to some “European tradition” or “global experience” as they build up arguments in favor of bilingualism. In reality, it is exactly this tradition and experience that show it is better for [...]
Click here to continue readingFrustrated Brad Pitt Struggling To Learn French
Brad Pitt is struggling to learn French so he can be bilingual just like the rest of his international family. The movie star fears he’s being left behind by his partner Angelina Jolie and their kids – because they can all speak more than one language, and he hates travelling abroad and not being able [...]
Click here to continue readingAre You a Hyperpolyglot?
When God put the kibosh on the Tower of Babel, 72 languages were said to have been created from the one that unified those hubristic humans. In his new book, Babel No More, linguist Michael Erard seeks out the people who have put those pieces back together: hyperpolyglots, i.e., the most fluent mamma-jammas on the planet. [...]
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