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...mental gymnastics involved in learning a language is challenging and fulfilling, and your sensitivity to foreign culture will be enhanced. AISHA As a learner of French, I would say that you learn lots of different skills and knowledge which becomes useful in your personal life. The skill of just learning to accept cultural customs and cultural traditions which may appear...

...mental flexibility, a superiority in concept formation, a more diversified set of mental abilities.’ Although the Peal/Lambert study has, in its turn, been shown to have flaws, it set the tone for much of the research that followed, which has consistently shown the relationship between bilingualism and children’s cognitive development in a positive light. Recent...

...mental activity and emotions: We want another chance. I hope so! Everyone expected them to win. She hates that sort of attitude. Andrea thought he was taller. Verbs help us to make a connection between the thing or person doing something and what they are doing. In all the examples given above, the first word (nouns and pronouns, which you’ll learn about in Week 5) is...