Read the article shared at bbc.com to find out what benefits our brains have from learning a second language.
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190219-how-to-learn-a-language-in-an-hour-a-day
Which answers to the questions about the merits of a second language learning are NOT true according to the article?
1. What is intimidating and off-putting about learning a foreign language?
a. Inability to memorise picture-sound associations.
b. A large amount new vocabulary and different grammatical patterns.
c. Difficulty to find time for systematic and regular learning sessions.
2. What are cognitive and social benefits for increasing of a learner's intellectual potential?
a. Improving long-term and short-term memory and better information processing.
b. Switching between two languages without effort.
c. Staving off brain aging.
3. What are the main reasons people embark on learning a second language?
a. For communication, reading literature and to improve the language competence at any level of fluency.
b. To open to new work opportunities.
c. To reinforce their family bonds.
4. Why do cognitive benefits of learning a second language encompass executive functions?
a. They sharpen the skill to tell what is significant and what is insignificant in decision making.
b. They allow to efficiently deal with a lot of information, tasks and people.
c. Since they occur mainly among CEOs, their aim is to improve performance of this particular professional group.
5. How to build a learning scheme?
a. Learn as many words as possible at random each day.
b. Know what you are learning for - outline the future perspective for learning the language.
c. Choose a learning material according to your personal interests.
6. What are the emotional and cultural contributions of a second language learning to a learner's personal development?
a. Increased level of emphaty, understanding and tolerance for different people.
b. Quick binary assessment of other people.
c. Balancing and compromising contradicting and opposing world views and mindsets.
Play the game and check if you know some of the words:
https://learningapps.org/watch?v=pp2219m1j19
See if you can use the new words from the article by inserting them in appropriate sentences:
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