Response to reading "Bilinguals are smarter" NYT.
I definitely agree that bilingual people are smarter people. Bilinguals are people who understand and think in two different languages. It makes sense that their mental abilities are expanded, because there is much complexity behind managing oneself within two languages. I have also heard that it is easier for bilingual people to learn new languages because they already have the mental ability to comprehend the differences between languages. The brain is a muscle that needs training, and those who are able to speak more than one language are constantly training their mind to switch between two different modes. I am personally very grateful that I have been brought up to be a bilingual person with english and spanish. I hope to soon become trilingual with Hindi! If being bilingual makes you smarter, I can only imagine what being trilingual makes you!
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