The Digital Journal – Staff Writer
“New research in language learning is uncovering a multitude of benefits enjoyed by children involved in bilingual education systems. With the growth of two-way immersion bilingual language programs, children from both bilingual and monolingual backgrounds can enjoy the many advantages that come with speaking and writing in two or more languages. The American Council of Teaching Foreign Language affirms that learning a second or third language supports higher academic achievement and increases problem solving ability in children and adolescents. By encouraging young brains to pay attention to language and choose between different syntactical and grammatical structures when switching between languages, bilingual learning increases executive function and self-efficacy.” (more)