Does Multilingualism make you smarter?

Do children get confused if you speak to them in more than one language? Does speaking more than one language make you smarter? What is the best language to learn? Wouldn't it be better if we all spoke the same language? These are some of the questions postgraduate students from the Linguis...

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Full title: Does Multilingualism make you smarter? [electronic resource].
Corporate Authors: SOAS Radio.
Other authors: Dohle, Ebany.
Format: Audio           
Language: English
Published: 2013.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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