SDLC 105 Learning Journal # 9

[Sydney Freeman]

After reading the articles for this week, I do believe that bilinguals are more intelligent. For starters, it is incredibly difficult and challenging to relearn two languages. The most fascinating part of the article was when it discussed how being bilingual can change how your brain is wired and how bilinguals have more brain activity because in order to respond they have to repress one language. I also found it interesting how it could potentially prevent dementia. Overall, I enjoyed how this article had a variety of statistics and looked at different research on this topic. It definitely encouraged me to want to master another language and reiterated the value and purpose of this course.