Bilingualism Matters Director Prof. Antonella Sorace will perform a new show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

15:00 – 16:00 Saturday 15 August, Stand in the Square Book tickets now

Not so Native Now

…is a state of the art run through of current research and the controversial new theory that the more your brain adapts to let in a second or third language, the more it loosens its grip on the rules of your native language. So if you have ever suffered at the hands of the grammar pedants, then take heart: chances are that your brain may just be better suited to learning additional languages!

But what does this mean for the education system or for employers? Should we be more willing to accept a few minor mistakes in exchange for the ability to converse with a wider audience? Would you swap a perfect grasp of your native language to be near-native in another tongue? And is there even such a thing as the perfect native speaker in the first place?

Join us as we discuss, debate, challenge and learn about the fascinating topics of language and identity.
For tickets and more information, see the fringe website: Not so Native Now at the Edinburgh fringe

Not so Native Now is part of the hugely successful Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, bringing together some of Scotland’s fiercest intellects to provoke discussion right here in the home of enlightenment thinking.

For information about other shows in the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, visit their website or follow them on twitter: @CODIfringe