The Experiment
Two Genius British and Dutch researchers researched this study to find out the truth. A recent study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology was discussing this topic. It was done by the researchers from the University of Liverpool, Maastricht University, and King’s College London, in the Netherlands near the border with Germany. It shows that alcohol improves the ability of bilingual speakers to the second language after they have consumed a low dose of alcohol. The study involved 50 native German speakers who have recently learned to speak, write, and read Dutch.
All of the participants were saying that they drank alcohol sometimes and because their classes in Dutch, all of them were recently passing a Dutch language proficiency exam, Time reports. Half of the participants were given a low dose of alcohol. The other half of them were given the control beverage. Then, each person was asked to have a casual, two-minute conversation with an interviewer in Dutch. The amount of alcohol given to each person was determined by their body type. The conversation was recorded and rated both by two native Dutch speakers and by the participants.
Implications and Limitations
Since the studies show that alcohol can have acute effects on the health of the person, it can cause various implications as well. The level of alcohol matters a lot because of the boosting properties of alcohol. Therefore, we need to be cautious about the implications of these results until we know more about what causes the observed results. Further research was necessary to confirm the actual reality of the results. Too much alcohol can also cause the individual to lose his sleep cycle, messed up routine, and some other problems as well.
There are predictions about the proper link of alcohol to the emotions and mental state of individuals. It was Dr. Fritz Renner who researched determining if alcohol impacts the foreign language skills of a person. Any speaker of multiple languages will be able to attest. A couple of drinks may help improve your fluency. And sometimes absolutely there is no chance of anything other than a slurred version of your mother tongue coming out of your mouth.