A Welsh study is currently looking into the ability of bilingual people to concentrate better. They propose that because of the need to suppress one language while speaking, this ability can pass over to other aspects of life. Bilingual people have the ability to suppress the small things and focus on the relevant so to speak.
Posts on ‘February 5th, 2007’
How’s your memory?
I love languages, but I have to at least try to be unbiased. So here’s an article on first language attrition. The unfortunate problem when your new language pushes the native one out of your brain. It happens. I’ve even noticed it in the short time I’ve been living in Spain. I’m sure it’ll only get [...]