Unlocking the Benefits of Bilingualism Across Personal, Social, Academic, Employment, and Health Aspects
Explore the vast advantages of bilingualism, from enhanced cognitive functions in bilingual brains to improved social relationships, academic performance, job prospects, and even health benefits like delaying dementia onset. Address concerns parents may have about language development in children raised in multilingual environments.
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Benefits of bilingualism Foufou Savitzky
Benefits of early childhood bilingualism Personal Social Academic Employment and economic Health
Personal and social benefits Family and community relationships, identity and belonging Cultural and have greater understanding of other cultures Bilingual people generally: have greater empathy create stronger friendships and make friends more easily develop better self-control
Academic benefits of bilingualism Bilingual brains develop better cognitive functions, working memory and ability to switch between different tasks. Generally bilinguals: Are better at learning languages Are better at creative thinking Understand how language works Are better at maths
Academic benefits of bilingualism Generally bilinguals: Do better in English language tests Are better at making decisions Are more precocious readers Are better at focussing attention Do better in verbal and non-verbal tests
Employment and economic benefits Greater job opportunities More able to participate with the global community Get information from more places New research has estimated that bilingual people can benefit financially by $128,000 over 40 years
Health benefits Early childhood bilingualism significantly delays the onset of dementia symptoms and slows cognitive aging Bilingualism has also been shown to offer protection after brain injury
Concerns some parents have My language is not a proper language My child has been at school in England for 3 months and the teacher says he does not speak English with other children My husband and I speak different languages. What should we speak to our children? My child replies to me in English when I speak to her in my language
