Sunday, March 18, 2012

バイリンガルの利点について

二ヶ国語が話せるとお得?

The Benefits of Bilingualism - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html

という記事が週末のニューヨーク・タイムズに掲載されましたが、なかなか興味深い。

It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive
skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in
old age.

だそうです。ふむふむ。いいじゃないですか←単純。

there is ample evidence that in a bilingual's brain both language
systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus
creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this
interference, researchers are finding out, isn't so much a handicap as
a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal
conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive
muscles.

だそうです。頑張って英語の勉強続けよう!←単純