Tag: bilingualism
Bilinguals React More Emotionally to Mother Tongue
A recent study by researchers in Poland has examined differences in how bilingual people respond to emotionally charged words in different languages.
The study, carried...
Multilingualism Can Slow Down Dementia
Researchers from the University of Sydney have recently found evidence that culturally diverse people might resist symptoms for frontotemporal dementia, for longer.
Calling for more...
Continue Celebrating Mother Language Day!
In 1999 UNESCO declared February 21 to be International Mother Language Day to promote awareness of linguistic diversity and multilingualism. Although there are about...
Renaissance Launches Art Contest to Honor Bilingualism in America
Renaissance today launched the “Shine a Light on Bilingualism” art contest to celebrate Hispanic culture and bilingualism.
All students in grades K–12 are invited to...
A Second Language for Every Student
Lisa A. Frumkes explains why bilingualism is more relevant than ever.
In today’s increasingly global and connected world, I interact every day with colleagues from...
Adult-Acquired Bilingualism Benefits the Aging Brain
New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the...
Bilingualism Boosts U.S. Labor Market
Bilinguals, who can read and write in English and their native language, drop out of high school at lower rates, enter higher status occupations,...
Bilingualism delays Alzheimer’s by at least four years
A recent study at Belgium's Ghent University has established that the symptoms of Alzheimer disease (AD) manifest themselves about four to five years later...
Rapping Bilingualism ’round the Nation
Kristal Bivona interviews GueroLoco — a bilingual rapper, activist, inspirational speaker who’s winning over the country with his words
GueroLoco wears many hats: he’s an...
