The worst thing about being a polyglot

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/ys3ky3hw 🆓 My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://tinyurl.com/4yecnzft CC subtitles available in multiple languages. In this video, I discuss the pros and cons of learning many languages, from cultural connections to language interference. SOURCES: 1. Second language acquisition may depend on how brain talks to itself: https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/second-language-acquisition-may-depend-on-how-brain-talks-to-itself/ 2. Consequences of multilingualism for neural architecture: https://behavioralandbrainfunctions.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12993-019-0157-z 3. How our brains cope with speaking more than one language: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220719-how-speaking-other-languages-changes-your-brain 4. How Learning a Language Changes Your Brain: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-learning-a-language-changes-your-brain 5. Degree of multilingual engagement modulates resting state oscillatory activity across the lifespan: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.04.009 ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:54 Learning languages to learn about the world 3:24 One language at a time or exploring many? 4:12 Flexibility 4:51 Confidence 5:56 Interference from other languages 7:16 Executive function 8:43 The takeaway 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/-jz-DbQu804?si=qEiurKXhXe-8di45 https://youtu.be/FRK-cRbyh28?si=8UzYgF3SQsU08hMT 🎙️ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK 💡 LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve