Questão 17 - UniRV RIO VERDE 2025/2

Learning a new language undoubtedly helps your gray matter grow. Acquiring a new language means that you're going to learn a whole new set of rules of grammar and lexis (whether you find this part amusing or not). While your brain is trying to keep up with the new language's complexities and take in the new patterns, new developments are happening in the brain. Just like muscles, the brain gets stronger and bigger the more you put it to use.

Nothing challenges the brain like learning a language does. Scientists have established that we use the left side of the brain when speaking our native language. Whereas, second language usage isn't limited to a specific hemisphere. It uses both of them, increasing the size of the white and grey matter of the brain.

But that is not all; acquiring a new language also helps to stave off cognitive decline and mental aging. Recent research shows that multilingual adults experienced the first signs of Alzheimer's and dementia at a later age compared to monolinguals. They also researched other variables like health, economic status, educational level, and gender, but none of them contributed as much as the number of languages that person spoke.

(Disponível em: www.potomac.edu/benefits-of-learning-a-second-language/).

 

Assinale V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) para as alternativas de acordo com o texto:

 

( ) Afirma-se no texto que aprender uma nova língua promove o crescimento da massa cinzenta do cérebro, fazendo uma analogia entre o uso dos músculos e do cérebro.

( ) Usamos apenas o hemisfério esquerdo do cérebro quando fazemos uso de uma língua estrangeira ou segunda língua, mas isso é o suficiente para o aumento do cérebro.

( ) A aquisição de um novo idioma ajuda a evitar o declínio cognitivo e o envelhecimento mental.

( ) O texto cita uma pesquisa que concluiu que falar mais de uma língua impede o aparecimento de formas de demência, independentemente de nível econômico, educacional ou gênero.