Learning a new language is always an excellent idea. It provides you incredible benefits that
come with the backing of science! One of the most useful languages to learn is English.
Learning a second language is one of the best ways to keep your brain active and challenged.
Studies have shown that the brain undergoes changes in electrical activity and even structure and
size while learning a foreign language that do not occur when learning any other type of task or
skill. Learning another language offers important cognitive benefits at any age, helping to keep the
mind active and even reducing the risk of mental disease and slowing mental decline later in life.
When learning English as a second language, you approach new ways to think and express
yourself through written and spoken words. Learning multiple languages can help you communicate
more clearly in any language as you learn more about how language itself works and how to use it
to promote ideas and reach out to others in a variety of social and work situations.
The world may not have a global language, but English is the default option for countless forms
of communication across the globe. That’s why one of the benefits of learning English is that it
significantly boosts your hiring potential. In addition, it can offer you educational opportunities. If
you desire access to some of the best schools like Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge or MIT,
then knowing English provides you an incredible edge. It’s expected that around 2 billion people
around the world will learn English over the next decade.
A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Leaning English can help to keep your brain sharp.
2. Your brain changes electrical activity, structure and size when you learn a new language as
well as any other type of task or skill.
3. No matter what age you are, there are brain benefits of learning a foreign language.
4. When you learn a second language, you become better at communicating.
5. Knowing English can increase your chance of getting a high-paying job.
6. English gives you a great advantage when applying to some of the best schools.
7. More than two billion people will be learning English in ten years’ time.

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