Excellent communication is important in all aspects of life. If you speak more than one language you must have figured it out by now that it rocks. Being bilingual isn’t only appreciable but it also helps your brain in many ways. Below we list the many good advantages of being multilingual –
- Memory Booster – It has been found that learning another language requires lots of remembering, studies have shown that bilinguals, when given various tasks regarding memory, have always scored higher than those who speak only one language. Having a killer memory isn’t just a great cognitive skill, but social skill, too. Just another reason to be proud of your super-powered brain.
- Flexible Brain – Researchers have found that the more early children start learning a second language the more flexible their mind will be. Multilingual children learn concepts much earlier in life and understand that others have multiple beliefs, perceptions and desires that might be different from their own. Scientists call this ability “theory of mind.”
- Switching process – Researchers have suggested that Multilingual children have a higher attention and task-switching capacities. Multilingual raised children were much, much better than monolingual children at switching off the previous task and focusing on the recent task reports Claudia Maria Riehl, a linguist at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University. Moreover, it is also seen multilingual children may also be top notch at acquiring multicultural competence.
- Cognitive benefits – Being multilingual sharpens your brain to a great extent which contributes to developing your other skills such as decision-making skills. These decision making skills further imply a high level of intelligence, respect of the world outside of your own culture, and it puts people of another culture at ease. All of these skills are valuable tools for you in a business setting.
- Comfortable old Age – An interesting advantage of bilingualism is that there does not seem to be an end date. A study conducted by the University of California, found that, of the 44 elderly participants who could speak both Spanish and English, those with higher levels of proficiency in both were less likely to have dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
