Why it pays to be bilingual Being bilingual provides a variety of perks .

Aside from giving you the ability to impress your latest love interest by reciting Neruda being bilingual also pays dividends monetarily /cognitively and culturally. Heres is why :

 Cognitive advantages of being bilingual Bilingualism is known to :

*Increase cognitive development and abilities

 *Siesta improve metalinguistic skills

 *Advance verbals and spatial abilities

*Augment memory skills

 Billinguals are better multitaskers : Studies show that bilinguals tend to perform better than monolinguals or exercises that require blocking out distractions and switching between two or more different tasks. This may have important long term benefits as evidence also suggests that bilinguals increased use of two language systems may protect against Alzheimer's

 Bilingual often make more money

Knowing more than one language is a highly marketable skill and often commands higher pay to boot. Here are some of the bilingual perks across the globe.
On average bilingual pay differential range between 5 and 20 percent per hour more than the positions s base rate 5% Bilingual pay + 5% /+20% Oregon bilingual get pay an extra $30 per pay period Miami fully bilingual Hispanics earned nearly $7000 per year more than their English counter parts Wales employee who can speak both welsh and English earn between 8 to 10 % more then a monolingual counterparts

 Bilingual are often bicultural

Bilingualism essentially confers access to two separate cultures and increases cultural

understanding and compassion

 One study of Latino youths show that they fare better if raised bilingual /bicultural 13% self esteem 1% involvement in language & culture - 13% hopelessness social problems aggressive behavior.

BICULTURAL YOUTH

Bicultural youths who can draw resources from both the immigrant community and mainstream society are best situated to enjoy educational success