THE BENEFITS OF BEING BILINGUAL

LOS BENEFICIOS DE SER BILINGÜE

Video in English with subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmOLN5zBLY

Video in Spanish with subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mav1dj4GqDw

If you want to practice or  improve your English, watch the first video and try to do the following exercises. If not, just watch them. They are really interesting.

a) Find words on the video which means:
. skilled, experienced
. able to be seen or understood
. to see something or someone for a very short time
. take something in your hand and hold it firmly
. the moment at which something unpleasant begins
. not perfect
. to cause something to start


b) Watch the first part of the video and 
. Explain with your words the difference between being (check with a dictionary)
monolingual
bilingual
multilingual

c) Try to answer these two questions

- Did you enjoy any of the videos? Justify your answer
- Do any of the videos change your opinion about the benefits of learning a language? Why/Why not?

d) Say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE

. Gabriela is a complete bilingual
. Recent studies show language how learning affects the bilingual brain
. Children do not learn languages more easily
. Being multilingual does not show significant benefits
. It´s possible that learning languages can delay the onset of certain diseases

First exercise answers:
proficient , apparent , glimpse , grasp , onset , flawed , trigger.