Nov 05 2009
What Experts Say About Early Language Learning from Beth Butler, Founder of the Boca Beth Spanish Learning Program
- Children who learn two languages early in life typically read sooner than monolingual children.
- Bilingual children will have a larger vocabulary pool when compared to their monolingual peers.
- Children who learn a 2nd language before the age of ten will have native or near-native pronunciation in the new language.
- The majority of bilingual children score higher on the math and verbal sections of most standardized tests.
- Problem solving skills increase as a child learns two languages.
- An increased awareness of other cultures is a benefit of learning a second language.
- Increased and improved communication result from learning two languages.
- Self-confidence and self-esteem typically increase as a child learns to communicate in a second/third language.
- Brain power boosts take place as neural pathway connections are made during the acquisition of two languages simultaneously.
- Young children learn second languages more easily before the age of ten-twelve - this is called the window of opportunity.
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