This interesting article based on research from Nothwestern University shows how bilingual children are better at learning a new foreign language than monolingual children. The implications are ery relevant for all multilingual and international families, who don’t need to worry about their kids learning English too early on (when English is not part ofb the family’s languages that is): sooner or later they will, so don’t worry about it!
Exposure to 2 languages carries far reaching benefits
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[...] the child will learn English eventually anyway, no need to worry about it. In fact people who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their mono… [...]
[...] the child will learn English eventually anyway, no need to worry about it. In fact people who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their mono… [...]