Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs in society; the old language allows you to keep your sense of 'who you are.' It preserves your identity. With two languages, you have the best of both worlds.
タグ: cake, society, you, best

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What turns teenagers on more than the Internet these days? If you can get a language out there, the youngsters are much more likely to think it's cool.
タグ: think, internet, you, cool
'Spell it Out' rose to be number 4 on the best-selling Amazon chart - ahead of 'Fifty Shades of Grey!' Who ever would have thought that spelling would one day beat sex - even if it was for only a few hours!
タグ: ahead, rose, sex, day
It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project.
タグ: project, three, together, words
Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.
タグ: up, about, writing, language
It hasn't been a problem with Ben, I think we worked together very well, we don't have rows.
タグ: well, problem, think, together
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