Speaking different languages changes your brain

Learning a new language is like a workout for your brain

Just as muscles get stronger with physical training, neural pathways in the brain reshape when you learn a new language. It physically alters your brain, improves its overall health, and enhances cognitive abilities.

Bilingual people have been found to have denser grey matter, a major component of the central nervous system

It also positively impacts white matter, the system which connects all four lobes of the brain, helping your brain to learn and function.

Experiencing new things helps form new connections in the brain and strengthen nervous system links

These links and connections are maintained through regular practice. Learning a new language combines regularity and novelty.

Language learning has been shown to:

• Increase concentration and memory

• Boost communication skills and creativity

• Protect learners against dementia and other degenerative neurological conditions

• Improve academic performance