The Cognitive Benefits Of Bilingual Language

I had the chance to live in very diverse linguistic environment. I was born in Romania and obviously the first language that I learned was Romanian. I the age of three I moved in Gabon, Africa, where the primary language was French. During my fifteen years in Africa I learned to speak the literary French, Verlan, and the French African dialect. As a kid, I could easily pick up words and understand languages. Therefore I very easily learned on my own to read and write in Romanian, I learned Spanish, English and found out that I could without training understand Italian. Furthermore Traveling around the world and studying history also convinced me that learning foreign language had a huge impact on me and could surely offered me many opportunities.

Not to mention that I also realized that as the world becomes more globalized learning foreign languages will become a requirement to get a good job and not simply a plus. During my quest of understanding the global benefits that learning foreign languages has on people, I realized through various sources that I collected, that learning foreign languages does not simply improve your linguistic abilities and increase opportunities. In fact it is also the best way to improve and preserve your cognitive abilities. In particular for people who are fluent in multiple languages. One of the sources I used “The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual” explains that bilingual experience can improve a person’s learning abilities as explained “The improvements in cognitive and sensory processing driven by bilingual experience may help a bilingual person to better process information in the environment, leading to a clearer signal for learning” (Marian and

Because learning a language is more than simply memorizing it and includes the use of our body, logic and other mental abilities. For this reason certain research or organization concludes that “Language learners show greater cognitive flexibility, better problem solving and higher order thinking skills” (“The Benefits” 4). “People who are competent in more than one consistently outscore monolinguals on tests of verbal and nonverbal intelligence” (“The Benefits” 4). “Foreign language learners have better listening skills and sharper memories than their monolingual peers” (“The Benefits”