Did You Know?

• Being bilingual makes you smarter. It improves both children’s cognitive skills and their social abilities.
• Multilingual children are often better at communication than children with one language.
• Children in multilingual environments routinely practice considering the perspectives of others.
• Learning a second language increases a child’s cultural awareness.
• Neurobiology research shows that speaking two languages from early childhood may delay age‐related dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
• Multilingual children have a heightened ability to monitor their surroundings.
• The earlier a child starts learning a new language the better, as the ability to learn languages decreases with age.

References:

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