Some parents believe that learning a second language can be a brake and even a delay in language development, although there is no concrete evidence to respect.Occasionally, the child can mix a few words between the two languages, but those cases are normal at first, especially when the languages have similar words. However, these small failures usually disappear over time.
According to some researchers, children exposed early on to two languages, grow as two monolingual beings housed inside your brain would be taken. When two languages are well balanced, bilingual children have an advantage of thinking about monolingual children, which means that bilingualism has positive effects on intelligence and other aspects of the child's life.
Learning two languages at the same time does not represent any kind of linguistic pollution or delay in learning. Experts agree that it is much better early learning, ie, talking to children both languages from birth, allowing complete mastery of both languages, contrary to what happens if the second language is taught from three years old.
Advantages of being a bilingual child
- Communication. The ability to communicate with people of different nationalities when they travel or live with foreigners. Bilingual children have dual ability to read and write in two different languages and therefore, their knowledge may be wider for greater access to global information.
- Cultural. Access to two different cultures enriches a child's education (literature, history, behaviors, traditions, conversations, media, etc).
- Knowledge. Access to the diversity stimulates intellectual capacity of a bilingual child development. Therefore, they can be more creative, more flexible, and acquire more open to the world and to others mind.
- Job Opportunities. The doors will open labor market and provide more opportunities for bilingual people.
Evidence shows that the earlier a child starts learning a discipline, achieve better results. Learn English since childhood is not just one more activity but in the future will become one of its main tools and a great help in their daily lives. Do not forget that both the Internet and music, most played series or films are in English.
The smaller the child, the better assimilate the concepts it. Children learn through play and internalize what they have learned as something natural.
Early education has the advantage that the child has the ability to correctly repeat what you hear, something difficult in later ages.
The following video explains the importance of learning English in childhood
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Why do you think it is important for the child to learn English in their first years of life and what benefits can have this?
good Harolyn, I think it's a very good question and I understand that learning a second language early childhood, not only gives them children the opportunity to start learning and familiarization of language from very small, but also generates benefits in the child that will impact very positively, among which we can highlight the following:
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Better communication skills.
The mind becomes more flexible and creative.
Improve problem-solving skills.
mental quickness.
Better concentration and selective attention