Sentence examples for mastery of two languages from inspiring English sources

The mastery of two languages provides bilingual speakers with cognitive benefits over monolinguals, particularly on cognitive flexibility and selective attention.

Because a bilingual person has mastery of two languages, and the languages are activated automatically and subconsciously, the person is constantly managing the interference of the languages so that she or he doesn't say the wrong word in the wrong language at the wrong time.

Bilingualism -the true mastery of two languages at the same level- is a goal to aim for and which, believe it or not, some people achieve.

Jaks sheer brilliance, his mastery of seven languages, his insight into human nature and his gentleness endeared him to all those lives he touched.

His mastery of five languages has brought a new feature to the lessons: the inclusion of Russian translations into the dialogue, which has greatly aided the community aspect of the class.

In a vision redolent of his father, Kim was presented wearing a miniature uniform of the Korean People's Army, the documentary emphasising his "pistol marksmanship at the ripe age of three and his mastery of seven languages … Kim discovered new geographical features … when he was in his teens, and was a scholar of the achievements of famous generals from around the world".

The Swahili version of the guide was translated back into French by another person who had perfect mastery of the two languages for a final check of the accuracy of the translation.

Many multilinguals report different personalities, or even different worldviews, when they speak their different languages.It's an exciting notion, the idea that one's very self could be broadened by the mastery of two or more languages.

He speaks, he says, fairly good Xhosa, a language that, for starters, demands mastery of three different sorts of clicks – dental, lateral and palatal.

He received an excellent education and acquired a mastery of numerous languages.

He had an uncanny mastery of foreign languages, opera librettos, sports statistics.