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Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language. Past research has shown that learning a second language may positively affect attention, healthy aging, and even recovery after brain injury. A new study from the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Zaragoza in Spain elaborates on bilingualism’s role in cognition, showing increased efficiency of communication between brain regions. Scientists recruited 151 participants who either spoke French, English, or

Students of color are always being told that they need to change the way they speak. But what if, instead, educators changed the way they listen?

While translanguaging pedagogy has been largely studied in bilingual classrooms, there is a paucity of research examining practices in multilingual secondary contexts. To fill this lacuna, this stu...