Pop-Up Language Museum Tours UK to Encourage Young Learners

The first pop-up language museum opens its doors this week in an attempt to spark greater enthusiasm for foreign language study. Pop-Up World of Languages is a project of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, spearheaded by Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett from Cambridge University and other linguists from Nottingham, Edinburgh and Belfast. Professor Ayres-Bennet hopes the language museum will help to ignite the interest of young learners and highlight the importance of learning foreign languages in schools. Continue reading

Does Being Bilingual Make You More Intelligent?

Does Being Bilingual Make You More Intelligent? light bulbThere are many advantages to being bilingual. The ability to speak two languages makes travel easier and can open the bilingual person up to a whole new world of news, entertainment, social and cultural references that would be closed off to a monolingual person.

Studies have shown that bilingual children can learn more quickly in other areas and have better concentration spans. And there are even health benefits. But can being bilingual actually make you more intelligent? Continue reading