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problem solving

the benefits

of being bilingual

Kelly Maciel Mota

The benefits of being bilingual to your brain and to your professional life

to brain and professional life

Paper

The advantage of being bilingual: The impact of language learning on mind and brain

Marsh D., Díaz-Pérez, W. Frigols Martín, M.J., Langé, G., Pavón Vázquez, V., Trindade, C. (2020)

https://www.languages.dk/docs/Bilingual_Advantage_Position_Paper_Finland_2020.pdf

What we know

what we know

  • Translanguaging
  • Benefits even for new learners
  • Physiological, neurological, and psychological benefits

How our brain process language

Flexibility

flexibility

Why?

  • mentally flexible and creative
  • switch languages: adaptability
  • contact with different cultures
  • in a diverse workplace: critical thinking, flexibility and empathy

Problem solving

Why?

  • greater executive function
  • Process more information in a short amount of time
  • know what to pay attention to
  • thinking outside the box
  • multitasking

metalinguist

Metalinguistic

Why?

  • One language enriches the other: fusion into a single language system
  • Greater potential for conceptual expansion
  • Critical awareness of language
  • Understanding meaning, ambiguities, translation and interpretation of concepts
  • non-verbal communication
  • better communicators

Learning

Learning

  • Bilingualism affects brain structures
  • construction of new knowledge
  • Memory Strengthening: retain, organize, store and retrieve information

Why?

Interpersonal Relations

Interpersonal relations

Why?

  • Improves awareness and interpersonal communication skills
  • Better understanding of others
  • Greater sensitivity to concepts
  • Intercultural communication competence: greater adaptation
  • Greater emotional control
  • Better understanding of people
  • Empathy

Aging better

Aging better

Why?

  • Slows down the neurodegenerative process as a person ages
  • In some dementias, deterioration slows down
  • Cognitive reserve
  • Increased neuronal plasticity
  • Reduces the impact of pathologies

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

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