[en] The multilingual brain.
Is a multilingual education beneficial for children? What are the optimal conditions under which a child can become perfectly multilingual? The given lecture will focus on the "cognitive advantages" of multilingualism and illustrate the impact that being multilingual has on the cognitive organisation of the brain. Practical questions regarding multilingual education will also be discussed.
Research center :
ECCS
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Engel de Abreu, Pascale ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
Language :
German
Title :
Das mehrsprachige Gehirn
Alternative titles :
[en] The multilingual brain
Publication date :
07 March 2014
Event name :
Parenting Fit For Future Conference
Event organizer :
European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme & FAPEL
