European Observatory for Plurilingualism

But a new study from Concordia University suggests that certain bilingual kids are more likely to understand that it’s what one learns, rather than what one is born with, that makes up a person’s psychological attributes.

“Our finding that bilingualism reduces essentialist beliefs raises the possibility that early second language education could be used to promote the acceptance of human social and physical diversity,” says Byers-Heinlein.

European Observatory for Plurilingualism



Bilinguisme : entretien
avec François Grosjean
Entretien avec le spécialiste du bilinguisme François Grosjean à l'occasion de la parution de son livre "Parler plusieurs langues" (Albin Michel).
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1) To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world. –Chinese proverb

In Chinese: 学一门语言，就是多一个观察世界的窗户。(xué yì mén yǔyán, jiù shì duō yí ge guānchá shìjiè de chuānghu.)

2) Those who know many languages live as many lives as the languages they know. ‒Czech proverb

3) One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. ‒Turkish Proverb

 

4) A new language is a new life. –Persian Proverb

In Persian: یک زبان جدید یک زندگی جدید است.

5) Learn a language, and you’ll avoid a war. –Arab Proverb

In Arabic: من تعلم لغة قوم أمن مكرهم

6) With a language, you can go to Rome. –Quebec Proverb

In French: Avec une langue, on peut aller à Rome.

7) If you want people to understand you, speak their language. –African Proverb

 

Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect. –Russian proverb

 

9) Learn a new language and get a new soul. –Czech Proverb

 

10) The best time to learn a language was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Lingholic