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A Proud Heritage Language

This article in Scientific American reports on new evidence of the cognitive advantages of learning a second language. We already know that bilingual students tend to do better in school, are more tolerant of diversity and minorities, earn more, and live longer and healthier. The new research suggests that bilingual students’ brains actually work differently from those of monolingual students. 

This article from our archives explains how bilingual parents can best pass on their mother tongue to their children.