Why bilingualism helps against Alzheimer´s

People who speak two or more languages get Alzheimer´s later compared to people who just speak one - but they are not more intelligent. Learn more about this in our interview with Ingrid Piller, Professor of Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney.

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SBS Radio presents the National Languages Competition 2018 to encourage and celebrate a love of learning languages in Australia.

Entries can be submitted until Sunday 18 November.