Előadás | Claimed and measured benefits of learning and using additional languages and their implications for practice

The talk is a critical review of recent publications on what benefits educational documents and theories specified as positive outcomes of language education. It discusses specific cognitive, educational, conative, affective, socio-economic, and cultural benefits supported by evidence in empirical studies, their necessary conditions allowing them to emerge, and what lessons can be learned for teaching and using additional languages.

The full study can be found here:

Nikolov, M., & Rixon, S. (2025). The benefits of learning additional languages. International Baccalaureate Organization. Bachillerat Research report.