Show Students the World by Introducing Foreign Languages to Them.

Today like never before we  see more and more language immersion schools opening throughout the US.  This year more students than ever will receive instructions in more than one language. There has been a noticeable growth when it comes to the language schools enrollment, particularly schools that have instructions in Spanish, French, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.

This year more than 3,000 dual-language schools opened their doors to student, which is a significant increase from 2, 000 schools in 2018 and 260 schools in 2000.

Advantages of language immersion schools:

• People who speak two languages often outperform monolinguals  when it comes to attention span.
• Bilingual children demonstrate better social and emotional skills.
• Dual-language students have somewhat higher test scores and also seem to be happier in school.
• Researchers have found that actively using two languages seems to have a protective effect against age-related dementia.
• Bilingual children often gain comfort with diversity and different cultures easier than monolingual children.

Source: 6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education

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