OIC’s Greatest Hits: The Boost of the Bilingual Brain

Sandstone sculpture of people holding balloons shaped like the human brain to illustrate how the bilingual brain lifts you up (Image © FotoEmotions/Pixabay))


5 Reminders That Learning a Second Language Lifts You Up

One of our very first posts was simply entitled Being Bilingual Builds Brain Power, and it’s been among our favorite recurring topics ever since.  Yet, the scientific benefits of a bilingual brain tell only part of the story—being bilingual also lifts up your life with enriching encounters and expanded horizons.


Since that’s what OIC Moments is all about, it’s only fitting that the grand finale of this “Greatest Hits” collection turns to posts where our bloggers highlight how learning another language opens wide the world.




Eye with a map of North and South America in the iris to illustrate the world view of a person with a bilingual brain (Image © Stockbyte)


1. Life Changes When a Brain Goes Bilingual

Sheron Long shares the 6 “warming” signs of a brain becoming bilingual, and illustrates how being powered by two or more languages inevitably leads to a series of life changes.




Top down view of a tabletop discussion between 6 people about travel and the benefits of a bilingual brain (Image © Eva Boynton)


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Published on May 26, 2021 03:00
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