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30/08/2014 GMT

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The advantages and disadvantages of speaking more than one language

The impact on children’s development and adults with dementia of being able to speak more than one language: with Gustavo Perez Firmat, Antonella Sorace and  Ellen Bialystok.

The Forum explores whether it make a difference to a  child’s development if they speak one language at home and another at school, how the brain is affected by juggling between different languages and what effect being bi-lingual or multilingual has on the  way people feel about their identity?  Bridget Kendall talks to writer and academic Gustavo Perez Firmat,  developmental linguistics academic Antonella Sorace,  and cognitive neuroscientist Ellen Bialystok.
Illustration by Shan Pillay

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