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Why teach child a foreign language at an early age?

  • The bilingual preparedness of children has a positive effect on the intellectual development and enriches the mental development of children.
  • Children are more flexible in thinking, are more sensitive to verbal expressions and have better listening skills.
  • Thanks to the knowledge of a second language, children will better understand their native language.
  • Children can communicate with people whom they might otherwise never meet.
  • The knowledge of a second language opens gates to various cultures and helps children understand and appreciate people of other nations.
  • Children are distinctively ahead of schedule considering the requirements for the knowledge of languages at secondary school and university.
  • The knowledge of a second language makes the offer of job opportunities markedly wider in the future.

"All I really need to know I learned at kindergarten."

R. Fulghum