"By far the most engaging, informative, and fascinating book on learning a new language ever written, full of more candidly acknowledged humiliation, unexpectedly exalted success, and very funny stories than you'd ever imagine."--Tom Morris, national bestselling author of Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something GreatScientists have shown bilingualism to be brain-changing. It can also be life-changing.In Am...

Scientists have shown bilingualism to be brain-changing. It can also be life-changing.In America's Bilingual Century, author Steve Leveen takes you on a journey of reinvention--of yourself, your children, and the country--that takes place when we embrace bilingualism. Based on a decade of research and hundreds of interviews with experts and successful bilinguals, Steve found that a new America is emerging: one where more and more people are speaking English and another lan...