Boost Your Brain

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Across
  1. 1. Speakers of two or more languages are better at __ - doing multiple things at the same time.
  2. 7. In the UK, taking a GCSE exam in a second language is not __.
  3. 8. Every 2 hours, a new word is added to the Oxford English __.
  4. 9. Learning a second language can reduce your __ of dementia as you get older.
  5. 10. Your ____ language is the first one you learn when you're born.
  6. 11. She is _____ so she can speak both English and Spanish perfectly.
  7. 12. Shakespeare invented the word __, which means 'extremely big'.
  8. 13. Studies show bilingual children are better at __, which means focusing.
Down
  1. 2. To ___, or get better at, your second language, you need to practise.
  2. 3. I can't remember things anymore. I have a terrible __.
  3. 4. 67 countries use English as their __ language.
  4. 5. The UK government made taking a GCSE exam in a second language __ in 2004.
  5. 6. He is __ in French, so he speaks it smoothly and naturally.
  6. 11. The hippocampus, responsible for memory and critical thinking, is found in the __.
  7. 14. The Korean __ consists of 24 basic characters.