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further(adjective)BrE / ˈfɜːðə(r) / NAmE / ˈfɜːrðər / - more; additional
- Cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Have you any further questions?
- For further details call this number.
- We have decided to take no further action.
- The museum is closed until further notice (= until we say that it is open again).
- Bilingual children do better in IQ tests than children who speak only one language. In addition/What is more, they seem to find it easier to learn third or even fourth languages.
- Learning another language not only improves children’s job prospects in later life, but also boosts their self-esteem.
- Teaching children a second language improves their job prospects in later life. Other benefits include increased self-esteem and greater tolerance of other cultures.
- Another/One further/One additional reason for encouraging bilingual education is that it boosts children’s self-esteem.
- Studies suggest that bilingual children find it easier to learn additional languages. There is, moreover, increasing evidence that bilingual children perform better across a range of school subjects, not just foreign languages.
- His claim that children find bilingual education confusing is based on very little evidence. Moreover, the evidence he does provide is seriously flawed.
- Research has shown that first-language development is not impeded by exposure to a second language. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the claim that children find bilingual education confusing.
Word Origin- Old English furthor (adverb), furthra (adjective), fyrthrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to forth.
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