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Benefits of being bilingual
●Learning
a second language at an early age...
● Has a positive effect on intellectual
growth.
● Enriches and enhances a child's
mental development.
● Leaves students with more flexibility
in thinking, greater sensitivity to language, and a better ear for
listening.
● Improves a child's understanding of
his or her native language.
● Gives a child the ability to
communicate with people he or she would otherwise not have had the
chance to know.
● Opens the door to other cultures and
helps the child understand and appreciate people from other countries.
● Gives the child a head start in
language requirements for college.
● Increases job opportunities in many
careers in which knowing another language is a real asset.
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