THE BENEFITS OF BEING BILINGUAL

There are so many amazing benefits of being bilingual, like for example in a social way, in a psychological way, lifestyle and health. It not only opens doors in other countries, but also opens doors in you native country, when you apply to a job and you speak more than one language you are the chosen person for the job. Being bilingual can help earn more money. It increases your salary, and you can even earn 2% more than the basic salary. This therefore has a positive effect on your retirement, since it will be higher.

In addition of having better jobs and being able to get around more easily in foreign countries, speaking many languages it is excellent for your brain.

Recent studies and research has found that being bilingual can improve your health brain and keep it in a great condition, especially if you switch between the languages you speak throughout your entire life. Also the studies had reflect that speaking more than one language had higher levels of cognitive brain function, and you become more adept at solving problems and mentally demanding tasks.

 The fact that bilingual people are often shifting between languages is like a workout for the brain; making them faster, better at multi-tasking, and, yes, smarter. It also will help you protect against dementia when you are in old age.

It is also important to mention that learning other languages is also fun and can add to your life a special value, since it opens the doors to you to know other cultures and socially you get involved with more people with whom you can share hobbies, music, movies and literature.

Traveling can be cheaper if you speak more than one language since you are not limiting yourself to all-inclusive hotels and you can see the city, the local world of the place you visit.

As you can see there are several benefits in many aspects to gain from speaking more than one language. The more languages you learn the more benefits and opportunities you will get, and it is a lot of fun!. You will see for yourself when you have reaped the fruits of being bilingual.