Bilingualism matters - Antonella Sorace
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Does speaking multiple languages make you smarter?
Linguistics professor Antonella Sorace thinks bilingualism has many
benefits that go beyond language, for example in task switching.
Science communications student Susie (Shuoqi) Qu talks to Antonella
Sorace about research into bilingualism and the work of her research and
information centre Bilingualism Matters.
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