When a baby is born, he/she comes into this world eager to learn. Always taking in information and absorbing it like a new computer. Every experience he/she encounters could possibly stick in that baby’s mind. However, some of the things that a child hears or perceives can either benefit or corrupt their learning. Teaching a child a second language has the same concept as putting in new software in a computer. Many advantages come with a safe and powerful computer and the same would come with knowing a second language. If a child was not taught a second language in their early years, that child might be at a disadvantage in their future, and as that child grows up not knowing a second language could potentially hold him/her back with …show more content…
If a child grows up learning more than one language, his/her opportunities are going to be better than someone who is fluent in only one language. People do not realize how beneficial it can be from knowing more than one language, which is why they do not teach their children a second language early on. Other reasons for a parent to not teach their child how to speak fluently in two languages is because they think it will confuse their child and mess them up with their first language, which is wrong. Children can benefit from being bilingual when it comes to schooling, because knowing more than one language can help that child figure things out easier and simpler than a monolingual would know how to do. Jobs also have a big effect on bilingual people, they can attract business, and many companies need people who are bilingual. Music is also factors because many people listen to it daily learn many things about themselves and who they are. People usually do not think music can be such an effect on people’s lives and their culture but it does and there is proof of it. Overall, teaching a child to be fluent in more than on language will have many positive effects on him/her and will benefit from them
Exposing children to different cultures is necessary, and our culture needs to face that soon. It is proven that foreign language study can create more positive attitudes and less prejudice toward different cultures, which shows just how important foreign language really is (Latimer). Additionally, international travel is made a lot simpler (Latimer). Not to mention, speaking a foreign language can help to save money and improve a person's overall experience during their travels. Plus, foreign language can lead to appreciation of cultural diversity, which is much needed in
To sum up, being bilingual is beneficial to our future generation because there are many benefits and challenges that are going to face ahead. Bilingual can make new friends, traveling around the world, opens up international communication and more jobs opportunity. However, being bilingual make us more valuable, so don’t be embarrass in speaking other language. Sell yourself by different language and upgrade yourself by being
It is important to maintain children’s home language as it may help them learn and understand a second language. Barratt-Pugh (2000) discusses the benefits of bilingualism and maintaining it through early childhood settings, also mentions the concerns families have for their children maintaining two languages through schooling. Research within the article states that children who speak more than one language will have a higher level of understanding literacy content, form, genre, as well as understand the differences and translating within both languages. This demonstrates a contrast of strengths and experiences with literacy (linguist...
In order to help those non-native people to be successful in the United Sates, there should have some kind of programs to help them to learn English effectively, but also to maintain their native language. Bilingual Education and ESL programs are systems that developed since the mid 1900s in the United States to reach the goal of helping non-native people with the language. There has been the argument of whether these programs are effective and necessary to maintain to help the non-native speakers. Therefore, it is important to find a way to secure the Bilingual Education and ESL programs are helpful to non-native people to learn English and maintain their native language. According to the overall practice of these programs in the past experiences and my experiences as a bilingual student, the combination of Bilingual Education and ESL programs is the best way to go about.
Being bilingual feels heuristic and exultant. In other words, it makes you feel amour-propre, self-love, self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, or in simple words pride. Knowing two languages is not just a talent, but a skill. A skill that requires adroit, dexterous focus, attention, and capability. When you know one language, it opens doors to numerous others. Often times, vowel pronunciation and articulation are familiar to recognize when you know two languages. As the great physiologist, Frank Smith said, " One language sets a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way."
Language is an important part of our lives. I remember when I arrived to USA I could speak a little English. I went to school to improve my language, reading and writing skills; even now I am learning my second language, without English I cannot survive in this new environment. Now I am raising my own kids and I want them to have this important skill, this privilege of knowing a second language, language of their parents and grandparents. By looking at studies of bilingual children, research shows how important it is for a child to learn a second language. Raising a bilingual child is a benefit because it improves social skills, academic proficiency, introduces child to a different culture, and prepares for the future.
The development of the brain of a bilingual individual is better than a monolingual individual. Few years ago, researchers from the University of Washington (as cited in Klass, 2011, para 4.) found that the brains of bilingual infants (from families where two languages were spoken) are able to discriminate the different of the phonetic sound of the languages they usually heard when they grew up than monolingual infants in where their brains were adapted to only identify their mother tongue only. Dr. Patricia Kuhl, one of the members of this research team thus believe that bilingual education can shape infants’ brains and keep them ready for future challenges. Concurrently, a renowned psychologist, Dr. Ellen...
In fact, these participants were mostly unable to speak at all but were being raised in either multi or monolingual homes. The study demonstrated that the babies that lived in multilingual homes had already begun to understand the importance of adopting another person's perspective for communication. Together, these two studies helped researchers concluded that multicultural exposure creates the basic skills of interpersonal understanding. This means that being bilingual, or even just being around multiple languages, helps children develop more advanced communication
The world is changing every day. Society is evolving along with the world. The countries of the world are interacting with each other. In a world that is evolving, the people of the world must go with the flow or get left in the dust. The difference between getting left in the dust and going with the flow of society is bilingualism. “Over 50% of countries in the world are officially bilingual or multilingual”(Bilingual Countries). In those countries that have adopted other languages, there are people who are still monolingual. There are benefits and drawbacks of both, but at the end of the day being bilingual is better than being monolingual.
Bilingualism increases possibilities of more interaction between between people whose native homes are across the world.“"My husband's family couldn't believe he spoke French as if he were living in France," Raphael's mother, Raquel Jegouzo, said. At home, Raquel speaks to Raphael in English and French. His father, Erwan Jegouzo, a native French speaker, speaks to Raphael exclusively in French.” (CNN Wire 4). They are surprised by how well the boy speaks French to the point where they can’t tell that he isn’t native.The earlier they learn the language the better they will be off. The amazing thing about them not being able to believe that he isn't native is the fact that that boy has a new found confidence in a completely different language. He can speak to people that live across the world and it's an amazing gift that is without a doubt overlooked by everyone who hasn't taken advantage of that opportunity. "The earlier the better. Studies have shown that children exposed to more than one language have greater tissue density in the areas of the brain related to language, memory and attention. The effect is particularly strong when the additional language is introduced before age 5." (CNN Wire 12). The more a child is exposed to it as a youngling, the better chances they have of retaining the information, and excelling onwards with that information. However there are downsides to being bilingual. “...the most common
Students that learn a second language of people that don’t speak their language can help your child to help communicate with and understand different people with different cultures. It is important that our kids learn not just about words but about people with different cultures. Students that are exposed to a foreign language will help incorporate different cultures of native speakers both abroad and down the road. “As the United States moves very rapidly to become a bilingual society, we almost have an ethical responsibility to our children [when it comes] the language skills they most likely will need later in life” says Hershberger. “I’m convinced that exposure to a second language at an early age relates to a more open and diverse worldview later in life. When a child is exposed to a variety in speech patterns, he or she learns that the world is a diverse place and that heterogeneity is the norm. If this child is immersed in or exposed to, a variety of cultural settings in which these languages are spoken, then he or she will learn that language is a means to bridge these communities.” this is in the article “5 Reasons All Children Should Learn a Foreign Language.” by Leah
Speaking a language other than your mother tongue opens a door onto the world. Becoming proficient in a foreign tongue equates to a wider range of options in love, career, and friendships.
BILINGUALISM have both Positive and Negative effects on the Child’s linguistic, Cognitive and Educational Development.
This can be seen through increased literacy and many positive benefits on the child. These benefits include long term success, increased health, and enhanced cognition. Dispite all the positive associations with bilingual education, it is still important to note that all school populations are different, and may need different models of ELL instruction to meet the needs of the children in the school. However, when possible, push for bilingual education and more funding for our nations bilingual schools to enhance the lives of our
As time goes by and as the global community develops, the world grows more and more international, making second or third language acquisition become necessary to the majority. With the growing importance of multiple language ability, more and more parents think of bilingual or multilingual education, which means acquisitions of two or more languages, for their kids. In fact, we do have many reasons showing why multilingual education is important and beneficial, such as aspects of interpersonal relationship, employment, brain health, and so on.