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    Being bilingual provides several cognitive benefits: 1) It increases executive function and decision-making abilities by delaying the onset of neurological issues like Alzheimer's and dementia. 2) Bilingual individuals have enhanced problem-solving skills, creative thinking abilities, and mental flexibility compared to monolingual speakers. 3) Learning multiple languages improves the brain's executive function and ability to protect against aging by making the auditory system more efficient and focused on automatic sound processing.

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    Being bilingual provides several cognitive benefits: 1) It increases executive function and decision-making abilities by delaying the onset of neurological issues like Alzheimer's and dementia. 2) Bilingual individuals have enhanced problem-solving skills, creative thinking abilities, and mental flexibility compared to monolingual speakers. 3) Learning multiple languages improves the brain's executive function and ability to protect against aging by making the auditory system more efficient and focused on automatic sound processing.

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    Lingüística Aplicada 1_Unit 4_Bilingualism/Multilingualism

    The benefits of being bilingual/language learning*


    LANGUAGE-RELATED COGNITION-RELATED BENEFITS OTHER (SPECIFY) BENEFITS
    BENEFIT NEWS REPORT BENEFIT NEWS REPORT BENEFIT NEWS REPORT
    BENEFITS
    Future languages are LivingBilingual.co Increased executive function LivingBilingual.co Interralize negative
    LivingBilingual.co
    and decision-making states and externalize
    easier to learn and the
    m m aggression less m
    abilities.
    native language is
    frequently.
    enhanced.

    Delays the onset of LivingBilingual.co Bilinguals earn an


    LivingBilingual.co
    average 7.00$ more
    Alzheimer and dementia
    m than their monolingual m
    as well as other
    peers.
    neurological issues.

    Ability to protect the brain BBC News


    from ageing.

    Bilinguals auditory is highly BBC News


    efficient, flexible and

    focused in its automatic

    sound precessing.
    Bilinguals children BBC News
    outperform children who

    speak only one language in

    problem-solving skills and

    creative thinking.

    Fluent bilinguals probably ABC News


    have greater levels of mental

    flexibility.

    Bilinguals speakers are PENN STATE


    often at perspective-taking
    NEWS
    tasks, such as prioritizing.

    Bilinguals older adults FOX NEWS


    appear to require less ‘brain

    power’ to carry out task

    switching.

    Improves the brain’s so THE NEW YORK


    called executive function.
    TIMES
    You become more THE
    perspective (better at
    TELEGRAPHS
    observing their

    surroundings).

    *Next to each benefit you include in this table, make sure you record the news article where you read about it, for later study purposes. Use the title of the news report
    from each website you visit.

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