[Edling] Think your world view is fixed? Learn another language and you’ll think differently

[Francis Hult]

The Guardian



Think your world view is fixed? Learn another language and you’ll think differently



In the past 15 years there has been an overwhelming amount of research on the bilingual mind, with the majority of the evidence pointing to the tangible advantages of using more than one language. Going back and forth between languages appears to be a kind of brain training, pushing your brain to be flexible.



Full story:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/world-view-learn-another-language
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