The benefits of a bilingual brain - Mia Nacamulli
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It’s obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain things easier — like traveling or watching movies without subtitles. But are there other advantages to having a bilingual (or multilingual) brain? Mia Nacamulli details the three types of bilingual brains and shows how knowing more than one language keeps your brain healthy, complex and actively engaged.
Describe the three types of bilingual - Compound bilingual, Coordinate Bilingual and Subordinate bilingual. What are the characteristics of each type?
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- Educator Mia Nacamulli
- Director Biljana Labović
- Animator Lisa LaBracio
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen