HSE01 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 An interesting paper was recently released on bilingualism and how it affects gray and white matter in brain structures of adults. The study was conducted by a group of UK-based researchers at the University of Reading. Highly recommend, it's a good read. Source Flummoxed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpossum Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Great forum topic. I honestly have been learning my language, Chamorro language, as I am part Chamorro, for next to 5 years now. I think that I am a much cleaner and logical person for it; not that there is too much difference, just the fact that I always wanted to be a certain kind of person, and it used to show that I was missing an entire cultural component. Sort of like too American for my kind, as I am more than half white, but I wasn't full white. It also made me realize that, it is kinda logical that if it is impossible for someone to learn a language, there might be some kinks in their thinking. Not to say that people cannot think strait, since they do speaking a language at all, but if it's next to impossible, then I would suggest that maybe there is a learning problem going on. I used to think like this, until I tackled a language head on. I think the basics of most languages, the basic syntax, could be learned on 1 sheet of paper, aside from vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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