[etni] Israeli Study: Bilingual People More Adept at Learning Third Language
- From: David Lloyd <dlloyd54@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:13:40 +0300
Bilingual People More Adept at Learning Third Language
USNews - Feb. 4, 2011
Children who know two languages find it easier to learn a third one
than those who know only one language, a new study finds.
The research included two groups of sixth graders in Israel who were
learning English. One group included 40 students from the former
Soviet Union whose mother tongue was Russian and who spoke fluent
Hebrew as a second language. The other group included 42 native Hebrew
speakers with no fluency in another language.
The University of Haifa researchers tested the students' language
abilities, and found that the students who spoke both Russian and
Hebrew were more proficient in both English and Hebrew than the
students who spoke only Hebrew.
The study authors said their findings show that preserving a mother
tongue in a bilingual environment does not compromise the ability to
learn a second language. In fact, proficiency in one language assists
in the learning of a second language which, in turn, helps a person
learn a third language.
-- To read the whole article, go to:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2011/02/04/bilingual-people-more-adept-at-learning-third-language
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