Why is it important to learn a foreign language early?

Why is it important to learn a foreign language early?

When should my child start ?

Researchers agree that the best age to start learning a new language is 3-5 y.o
Children don’t learn a language, they acquire it. They are not afraid to make a mistake and become fluent effortlessly.

Children absorb new information and master a new language quicker.
Learning a language helps child’s development, such things as: speech production, associative thinking, perseverance, imagination. It improves attention span, memory and concentration.
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Bilingual Kids and their attitude towards languages growing up

Bilingual Kids and their attitude towards languages growing up

3-4 y.o. – kids understand what language is spoken to them and are capable of distinguishing between different characteristics of pronunciation and speech.

4-5 y.o. – kids choose to speak a certain language while playing a game, based on the situation and their surroundings.

6-7 y.o. – first crises of bilingualism; public opinion about “mother language” becomes a decisive factor and reaches critical importance in child’s decision to speak a certain language.
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Raising Bilingual Kids

Raising Bilingual Children

Raising Bilingual Kids:

There are a few methods that proved to be very effective in raising a bilingual child:
Family – many experts recommend “one-parent-one-language” method.

Parents should insist on using a certain language, a child will soon start understanding a difference between a “mommy’s” and “daddy’s” language and answer accordingly.

Time and place approach – this method can be applied in different contexts and situations. Parents can speak one language at home and another one while visiting friends, relatives or in the kindergarden.
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