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The earlier you introduce a second language, the better able the child is to pick up on different phonetic pronunciations.
Bilingual children tend have better reading and writing skills than monolingual children.
1 and 2 year olds can learn two languages simultaneously.
According to Bialystok, a high level of proficiency in two languages seems to contribute to strong achievement overall and does not hurt their first language skills. Their cognitive development benefits from the additional learning skills.
Bilingual people have a better ability to solve problems and performing mentally demanding tasks as their brain is used to resolving the internal conflicts of using one language over the other on a daily basis.
There are more career opportunities for people who are bilingual.
It helps teach children about different cultures.
By age 3 or 4 the children are able to separate the two languages better, and eventually they will be proficient in both languages.
Children will benefit in the long run by having a proficiency in two languages.
It has been found that bilingual people are more resistant to the onset of dementia and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease than monolingual people are.
They will tend to mix the two languages as they learn, so their progress can be a bit slow.
The aim of bilingual education is to integrate society in one language, however different cultures have different views on doing this.
In order for a school to provide a bilingual education, they need teachers that can speak two languages proficiently.
Some parents of bilingual children feel that their children had delays in starting to speak by about three to six months.
There is a lack of funding
Children get mixed up between the two languages.
When children learn in their own language, their hearing and reading is more comprehensible.
For older students, there is a lack of classroom space so people of all ages and levels are required to be in the same classroom.
There is a lot more effort and time needed by the parent to help the child learn the extra language.