Impact of Learning Multiple Languages on Intelligence

This article delves into language learning and its importance in cognitive advantages, specifically in terms of intelligence. How human intellect may be influenced for a variety of causes, including language learning. This study included 111 individuals, divided into two groups: monolinguals and multilinguals. The IQ test devised by Dr. K. S. Misra and S. K. Pal was used on this sample size. The null hypothesis was developed to compare the means of these differences. A comparative research design was adopted, and a t-test was performed for statistical analysis of the raw data. The research findings clearly indicate that there is a considerable difference between monolinguals and multilinguals. The t-value in the present study is higher than the critical value (6.06 > 1.98) with 109 degrees of freedom and a significance threshold of 0.05. When these data were analysed on gender level, there were substantial disparities between monolinguals and multilinguals. As a result, it was concluded that multilingual persons had a higher IQ than monolinguals.