A new study from UCLA Health adds to the growing body of evidence on the cognitive benefits of speaking multiple languages, finding that multilingualism not only enhances general cognitive abilities ...
Viorica Marian knows the power of multilingualism firsthand. She grew up bilingual in Moldova—a small country nestled between Ukraine and Romania that was formerly a part of the Soviet Union—speaking ...
EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing The school year has begun, which for many young children means they have entered a brand-new environment and sometimes are ...
For a considerable time already there has been discussion within scientific circles about whether knowing and using multiple languages could possibly have positive effects on the human brain and ...
University of Houston professor of psychology Arturo Hernandez is disputing a high-profile study published in the journal Nature Aging claiming that people who live in multilingual countries show ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It is no secret that we are quickly shifting into a new business landscape in which global teams are increasingly common — and feasible — ...
A research synthesis based on decades of evidence from the fields of medicine, psychology, education and linguistics highlights common myths about children who grow up speaking more than one language.
On International Mother Language Day, we are pleased to release our publication titled “Multilingualism at the United Nations”. This is the second volume of the “Why it Matters” series that focuses on ...
According to Prof. Linda du Plessis, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), it is imperative that South Africa’s higher education institutions realise that multilingualism ...
The most frequently cited problems by people who work in multilingual companies were mistakes at work or not getting the job done properly due to language-related misunderstandings, at over 10 percent ...