I am very skeptical about the conclusion that bilinguals are smarter. First of all, it is how to define what is smart. There is not exact function can determine one’s intelligence. Though being able to speak more than one language, bilinguals may have a reduced vocabulary in each language.
Speaking of my own experience, I cannot agree more on the second report. My original language is Chinese. When I had never been immersed in an English environment before, I remembered that every Chinese characters has its own images in my mind and my speed of reading was so fast. I love reading literatures and I can understanding every subtle meanings behind the words. But after I focused more
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