Lupita Nyong’o reflected Tuesday on playing Shakespeare’s Juliet again in an upcoming bilingual radio play after portraying the tragic teen at age 14. The 38-year-old actress appeared remotely from Kenya on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and recalled her first professional production as a teenager in Romeo & Juliet. Lupita said she had only … Read more
Growing up in a bilingual home can provide unexpected cognitive benefits later in life – especially if exposed to two or more languages from birth. Experts say infants from bilingual homes gather more information by shifting their visual attention more frequently than those in single-language homes. ‘Early bilinguals’ – those who learn a second language … Read more
Babies from bilingual families are better at switching their attention from one task to another, study finds Scientists showed young babies up to nine months various pictures in sequence Those in bilingual families were 33 per cent faster at redirecting their attention Babies found that those from bilingual homes are able to change their focus ‘more quickly … Read more