A recent article in the New York Times reported that bilingual children even have superior social skills when compared to their single-language learning peers. By learning two languages, we are providing the brain with opportunities to build executive functioning and working memory skills, which are the foundational skills underlying organization, focus, and reading abilities. These are the skills that help a child succeed in reading, writing and problem solving tasks.
Supporting your child at home making English part of your everyday life
If you know English you need to create an English environment and lifestyle, as much as possible . Even if you don’t speak your child’s new language, you can continue to support your child at home. Learn with your child, so that you can point out things throughout the day, and allow your child to be the teacher. Okumaya devam et “Being Bilingual…”