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The joys and benefits of bilingualism
24 mins | Feb 11, 2018
It was long believed that speaking one language at home and another in the community was bad for a child’s development, but today bilingualism is lauded as a contributing factor in academic excellence. Tobias Jones, writing in The Guardian, explores the truth about polyglots as he watches his own children mix their native tongues.
