Benefits of being bilingual Some facts about bilingualism that may surprise you It is estimated that more than half the world’s population is bilingual, and, in an increasingly globalised world, there are obvious benefits to speaking more than one language. However, for many years, parents were discouraged from teaching their children to speak more than one language from birth. Learning two or more languages simultaneously was believed to cause confusion and slow down academic development. While it is certainly true that children who are learning to speak more than one language astheir mother tongue will often mix the languages up or speak a little later, these are temporary problems, and no reason to avoid teaching a child more than one language.In fact, there are plenty of reasons to encourage your child to become bilingual from birth. As well as theobvious benefits of being able to communicate with more people, and the possibility of earning more money, children who speak more than one language have been shown to score more highly in achievement tests at school. This is true for mathematics as well as tests of verbal skills. And in later life it has been found that bilinguals, on average, will tend to develop Alzheimer's disease five years later than monolingual speakers. Speaking three or more languages offers even more protection. It seems that the increased number of connections within the brain allows bilinguals to cope better with braindamage.But is it too late if you haven't already learned a second language in childhood? It used to be thought that the adult brain was very fixed, but research has shown that we continue to develop new connections in the brain throughout our lives, meaning that it's perfectly possible to leam another language to a high standard. Older learners are less likely to have native-like pronunciation, but they are better at learning vocabulary as they are able to use far more skills and strategies than children. And learning a language is like using a muscle — the more you use it the stronger it gets, meaning that you'll find a third language easier than a second, and so on.Além de estudar o texto, gostaria que vocés fizessem listinhas com: * possessive adjectives que aparecem no texto * adjectives que aparecem no texto (nao precisa ser todos) * demonstrative pronouns que aparecem no texto (havera palavras que nao estado sendo usadas como DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS) * plural nouns que aparecem no texto (nao precisa ser todos)A. Read the statements below about being bilingual or multilingual and classify them as true or false, according to the text. () Children whose parents speak to them in more than one language will speak both languages badly. n (_) Bilingual children do better at schoo! e (_) Bilinguals don't develop Alzheimer’s disease. 4. (_) tis impossible to become fluent in another language once you are an adult. 5. ( ) With each language you learn, the process gets easier.1. What is the estimated percentage of bilinguals in the world? More than half the world's population. More than 50%. 2. In the past, parents were discouraged from teaching their children to speak more than one language from birth. Mention one of the reasons for that. cause confusion / slow down academic development / Because it could cause confusion. It was believe it could cause confusion / They believed it could cause confusion 3. Children who are learning more than one language at the same time may experience some temporary problems. Mention one of those problems. The children may mix the languages / may speak a little laterC. The text Benefits of being bilingual contains plenty of cognates which make the reading easier to understand. Mention 12 cognates found in the text starting with these letters. 10 7 2c 8. T 3. P 9 P 4B 10._M 5. A 11.( >> for next weekTask 1 Are the sentences true or false? 1. They want to start the project soon. 2. The first meeting will be for two hours. 3. Mornings before ten are good for everyone. 4, Everyone is free at 4, 5. They're going to have the meeting in the library. 6. Robert will leave the meeting before 5 p.m. True True True True True True False False False False False FalseTask 2 ‘Answer the questions with the names of the people. 4. Who has a maths project? 2. Whois available in the morning? 3. Who's free for 2 hours on Wednesdays? 4, Who needs to leave at 4:50? 5. Who is sleeping before 107 6. Who suggests meeting to plan the project?