Respond to the readings
In addition to the scientific information I read in the readings, I would like to add that bilingual people are not only smarter with their brains, but with their body language. Learning another language is a cognitive exercise and a cultural exercise. It is an act of using more brain power and taking time to learn the history, customs, how the people of another language talk and think. I believe it expands people’s willingness to be part of foreign cultures, and makes them want to travel, see more of the world, and talk to others who speak their foreign language. I am a proud trilingual who loves learning travel and exploring new foods and customs. Learning different languages pushes me to travel and see the world. There are endless benefits of speaking more than one language, and I am glad this knowledge is becoming common knowledge. Furthermore, I don’t feel as though knowing more languages has hindered my ability to speak English at all. It has actually enhanced my understanding of English grammar and structure. I only learned what “participles” and “conjugations” were when I started learning Spanish grammar. I would say that I don’t have trouble with mixing my languages, though at times I find that there is a specific word in either English, Bengali, or Spanish that I want to use to describe something but I can’t seem to find the equivalent of the word in the other two languages. This aspect can be hard, but it is always interesting to realize that the same words don’t exist in all languages.
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