TOM NEUPANE

Salt Lake Community College

COMM-1010-005
Instructor: Kaitlin Prettyman


Presentation Project

Topic: Why bilinguals are smarter.
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What is bilingualism?

Why bilinguals are smarter?

What are some benefits of being
bilingual?

Works Cited

What is bilingualism?
An individual or a groups of people who
have a knowledge and use more than one
language to communicate is bilingualism.


Types of bilingualism:
Simultaneous bilingualism: Learn two languages as
first languages.
Receptive bilingualism: Being able to understand two
languages but express oneself in only one.
Sequential bilingualism: Learn one language after
already established a first language. (Source: home.comcast.net)
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Why bilinguals are smarter?
Prefrontal cortex of bilingual brain direct the highest
level of thinking and awareness.
The brain also help bilinguals directing alternative
focus on, planning, judging, memorizing and
analyzing.
Bilingual has profound effects on their brain;
improving cognitive skills and even prevent dementia
in older age.
Bilinguals have a sharp ability to monitor the
environment.
(Source: nytimes.com; psychologytoday.com)
Source:eurolondon.com
Build better listening skills
Makes you more marketable in the
workforce
Makes travel a breeze when you can
communicate with the locals
Promotes cognitive development and
higher levels of intellectual thinking (Source:
voxxi.com)


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Works Cited

Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit. Why bilinguals are smarter?
www.nytimes.com. 03/17/2012. Web. 03/27/2014
Dr. Willis, Judy. Bilingual Brains - Smarter and Faster.
www.pyschologytoday.com. 11/22/2012. Web. 03/27/2014
Miguel, Veronique de. Benefits of being bilingual: Why we
should learn a second language. www.voxxi.com.
09/20/2013. Web. 03/27/2014
What is Bilingualism? www.home.comcast.net. Web.
03/27/2014


Thank You
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