CREDITS

Stephens, Mar y Ann

Advisor , Bilingualism,
Creativity and Social
Problem-Solving.

HOW BEI NG BI L I NGUAL I NSPI RES

YOUR CREATI VI TY & I NTEL L I GENCE

Learning new languages, especially at a

young age, helps children in their
ability and intelligence. Bilingualism
can accelerate anyone's attention and
inhibition skills, no matter their age,
but it benefits more children who are
still developing their knowledge.

Foster , K. M., & Reeves, C.

K., Foreign Language in
the Elementary School
(FLES) improves cognitive
skills.
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(1991) "Language acquisition
and implications for
processing in bilingual
children"
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in foreign language
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Gar land Publishing.
Hakuta, K. (1985) Cognitive
development in bilingual
instruction. U.S.: Vir ginia

HOW BI L I NGUAL CL ASSES HEL P

CHI L DREN

Students in an elementary school who had

already received foreign language classes
had scored better and higher on tasks that
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THEBENEFITSOF
BEINGBILINGUAL

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Personal benefits of
foreign language study.
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H OW BI LI N GUA LI SM H ELPS
I N LI T ER AT U R E
A N D CO GN I T I V E
D EV EL OPM EN T

Those who ar e able to,

r eview infor m ation and
liter atur e in both languages
in or der to be successful.
Cognitive developm ent and
bilingualism go hand in
hand, and helps our
m etalinguistic abilities
which tend to gr ow as we
pr actice our new language
and develop a love or
passion for its cultur e and
custom s.

H OW BI LI N GUA LI SM
H ELPS YOU A D A PT

Ch il dr en wh o ar e
tau gh t an oth er
l an gu age at an ear l y
age n ot on l y l ear n
faster ,bu t it h el ps
th em adapt to
differ en t
en vir on m en ts th ey
u su al l y m ay n ot be
u sed to. Th at is wh y
teach in g for eign
l an gu ages in
el em en tar y sch ool s
is cr u cial .

BI LI N GUA LI SM &
M ON OLI N GUA LI SM
IN KIDS

Recent st udies of bilingual and

monolingual kids show t hat
children t hat already knew
f oreign languages has more
various abilities like t hinking
abst ract ly t han monolingual
children.
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PLEA SU R E I N BEI
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BI LI N GUA L

Learning
f oreign
languages
f or
pleasure
brings
many benef it s such as development
in t echnical skills related t o language,
job experience and love f or t raveling
abroad. It also reduces isolat ion and
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