The Benefits of Learning Language
at a Young Age
Young children are uniquely suited to learning a second language. The developing brain is hard-wired to acquire language – never again will it be this natural or this easy!
Click to view video of our Education Director Karen Gould discuss the benefits of learning a language young.
Children Learn A Second Language Naturally
Exposing your child to a second language young allows a child to optimize his or her learning potential, helping to shape the brain at its most flexible stage. Young children are uniquely suited to learning a second language. Learning a second language at a young age is cognitively as easy as learning a first language.
Young children can acquire native-like fluency as easily as they learned to walk. Where adults have to work through an established first-language system, studying explicit grammar rules and practicing rote drills, the young kids learn naturally, absorbing the sounds, structures, intonation patterns and rules of a second language intuitively, as they did their mother tongue. The young brain is inherently flexible, uniquely hard-wired to acquire language naturally.
Window Of Opportunity
Early childhood is the best time for language acquisition. Ease of learning a second language diminishes with age. Between birth and adolescence the brain is hard-wired to acquire language naturally. As a child approaches puberty, the nature of language learning and storage changes, becoming less flexible.
A Gift Of Language Is An Investment That Will Last A Lifetime!
Young learners enrich their lives and open up doors to their future by gaining:
An expanded world view.
- Greater intercultural appreciation and sensitivity.
- Ability to learn additional languages more easily.
- A competitive edge in future markets and the global marketplace.
In taking advantage of this window of opportunity, young learners enjoy:
• Linguistic benefits Click here to learn more
• Cognitive benefits Click here to learn more
• Lifelong Benefits Click here to learn more
