Bilingualism

Sofia Chue (Impact) Student volunteers at the University of Nottingham (UoN) are heading into the city’s schools, targeting those with lower socio-economic backgrounds, to boost children’s academic experiences. Anita Lebioda, 20, studying English and Hispanic Studies, teaches English as an additional language to Polish students aged 6 to 7...

Katie Sullivan Psycholinguists have discovered that individuals who are capable of speaking two languages or more are typically much better at switching focuses. Subsequently, they are much better at selecting information and focusing on relevant topics. This can often give bilingual individuals the upper hand in terms of real-life...

The barrier of language has proved globally to be an ongoing endeavour, with the ability to speak multiple languages fluently – especially for Brits – often being a ‘foreign’ concept. This is due to English being the world’s lingua franca, with 4 nations speaking English as their primary language...