A chara, – Peter McGuire’s article (Education, March 27th) deals with the issue of the bilingual advantages accruing to children who learn a second language.
Similar benefits accrue to adults.
Research published in January 2017 is the most recent in a number of studies linking the ability to speak more than one language to cognitive performance and the delayed onset of dementia; people who use more than one language develop dementia symptoms an average of five years later than monolinguals. – Is mise,
SEÁN Ó COINN,
Baile Átha Cliath 1.
