Study shows exposure to multiple languages may make it easier to learn one
Study shows exposure to multiple languages may make it easier to learn one
- September 6, 2019
- Judy Kroll, language science, Technology.org, Sept. 6, 2019
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A new study from the University of Washington finds that, based on brain activity, people who live in communities where multiple languages are spoken can identify words in yet another language better than those who live in a monolingual environment. … Then, faculty author Judith Kroll, now of the University of California, Irvine, had an opportunity to relocate her lab to Southern California, and the team decided to see what results the experiment might yield there.
For the full story, please visit https://www.technology.org/2019/09/06/study-shows-exposure-to-multiple-languages-may-make-it-easier-to-learn-one/.
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