EARLY BILINGUALS AQUIRE:
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Significant head start in language requirements for college and the workplace
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Improved cognitive abilities: de-coding, rhyming and categorizing more effectively while using new words more easily
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Positive attitude for cultural understanding in general and connection to target language populations in specific
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Enhanced brain function as they outperform mono-linguals on all standardized tests
More than 1 in 5 children already have simultaneously mastered more than one language well by age 5.
Overall, early language is more a cognitive problem solving exercise than a linguistic one
Bottom Line... Babies are Brilliant
WELCOME BIENVENIDOS
"Rather than a single abrupt moment in time when the window of opportunity closes for bilingualism, there is a gradual decline throughout childhood. Earlier is not only easier, but better."