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OIC’s Greatest Hits: The Boost of the Bilingual Brain

by Your friends at OIC on May 26, 2021

Sandstone sculpture of people holding balloons shaped like the human brain to illustrate how the bilingual brain lifts you up (Image © FotoEmotions/Pixabay))

5 Reminders That Learning a Second Language Lifts You Up

One of our very first posts was simply entitled Being Bilingual Builds Brain Power, and it’s been among our favorite recurring topics ever since.  Yet, the scientific benefits of a bilingual brain tell only part of the story—being bilingual also lifts up your life with enriching encounters and expanded horizons.

Since that’s what OIC Moments is all about, it’s only fitting that the grand finale of this “Greatest Hits” collection turns to posts where our bloggers highlight how learning another language opens wide the world.

Eye with a map of North and South America in the iris to illustrate the world view of a person with a bilingual brain (Image © Stockbyte)

1. Life Changes When a Brain Goes Bilingual

Sheron Long shares the 6 “warming” signs of a brain becoming bilingual, and illustrates how being powered by two or more languages inevitably leads to a series of life changes.

 

Top down view of a tabletop discussion between 6 people about travel and the benefits of a bilingual brain (Image © Eva Boynton)

2. Five Sure-Fire Ways to Break the Language Barrier

The language barrier is real, but it doesn’t need to stop a traveler from getting to know people, and Eva Boynton explains why that’s often the best souvenir from the trip.

 

Close-up of covers in a collection of German magazines to illustrate the benefits of a bilingual brain (Image © Michael Zimmerman/Pixabay)

3. 14 Ways of Learning a Second Language

Having picked up many handy tips while traveling and working around the world, Joyce McGreevy demonstrates how even 5 minutes of practice a day can help you learn another language.

 

Young woman looking at an electronic board of airline departures to illustrate an interest in travel and building a bilingual brain (Image © Jan Vašek/Pixabay)

4. The Many Worlds of English

Experienced firsthand in her many travels, Joyce McGreevy explores how the English language varies across cultures, and how those differences hint at the fun of learning a second language.

 

Interior view of desks in a Japanese classroom to illustrate a setting where students study other languages as they build a bilingual brain. (Image © Mercado2/Pixabay)

5. Teaching in Japan: A Cultural Encounter with Language

Janine Boylan imparts a lesson learned from a cultural encounter with the letter j—namely that learning language is more than learning the words—it’s also about learning the culture.

 

Ready to explore more? Check out our Blog Topics & Archive section for all our enriching and inspiring language posts.

 

Photo credits: tabletop discussion, Eva Boynton; Pixabay—top image, FotoEmotions; magazines, Michael Zimmermann; woman at airport, Jan Vašek; Japanese classroom, mercado2; Stockbyte—eye image. 
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