Why Bilingual?
DID YOU KNOW?
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: "Most children have the capacity and facility to learn more than one language. Researchers say that there are advantages to being bilingual. These advantages might include:
*Being able to learn new words easily
*Playing rhyming games with words like "cat" and "hat"
*Breaking down words by sounds, such as C-A-T for cat
*Being able to use information in new ways
*Putting words into categories
*Coming up with solutions to problems
*Good listening skills
*Connecting with others..."
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: "Most children have the capacity and facility to learn more than one language. Researchers say that there are advantages to being bilingual. These advantages might include:
*Being able to learn new words easily
*Playing rhyming games with words like "cat" and "hat"
*Breaking down words by sounds, such as C-A-T for cat
*Being able to use information in new ways
*Putting words into categories
*Coming up with solutions to problems
*Good listening skills
*Connecting with others..."
DID YOU KNOW?
If a child has a speech or language problem, it will show up in both languages. However, these problems are not caused by learning two languages.
If a child has a speech or language problem, it will show up in both languages. However, these problems are not caused by learning two languages.
RESOURCES
- Bilingual Monkeys
- I want to be bilingual: letter from a new born baby
- GeoComforKids.eu (Introducing children to foreign languages in a fun, natural and easy way)