Bilingual or multilingual: priceless life benefits
Being bilingual or multilingual: priceless life benefits
Bilingual or multilingual: Someone, who is able to speak fluently two or more languages with the faciliy of a native speaker
Is it easy to learn more than one language at a time?
The answer seems to be yes, of course. In fact, more than half of the people living around the world are bilingual, according to the most recent researches. It means that about 3.5 billion people regularly switch from one to another language while communicating in their everyday life.
Scientists have recently pointed out just some of the enormous daily benefits you can get, if you speak fluently two or even more languages. In concrete, they suggest an improvement in cognitive processing, an amazing ability in multi-tasking activities and wonderfully developed focusing skills. Moreover, bilingual people can draw comparisons and contrasts by understanding deeply every cultural reference and are hence less frequently misinterpreted. In short, it opens them the doors to new cultures both in other countries and in their own ones. Moreover, it also widens ways of viewing, thinking and interpreting facts. Furthermore, they are far more confident in facing new and challenging situations in their daily routine.
As a result of this, most people think that bilingualism or even multilingualism can give them better job opportunities and build a well-developed self-confidence. Multilingual staff are, indeed, strongly required by employers who constantly need their knowledge and skills.
Conclusions
Last but not least, in recent years new surprising discoveries have shown that people who have a higher proficiency in more than one language, are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer disease and dementia in their old age. Bilingualism does not, of course, prevent the illness, but it definitely seems to protect people by delaying its effects for an average of four to five years.
