The Importance of Teaching Children Foreign Languages

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The World Is Changing... Friday, November 8, 13







Businesses Want to Hire....



Who Know Multiple Languages


Friday, November 8, 13







Without Teaching our Children A Second

Language:Robs Them of Opportunities

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More Languages Are Used Everyday

Children are easier to teach languages

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Personal StoryTook three years of high school Spanish, received A’s each year. Today, can

not recall informationVS.

Younger Sister took Spanish in elementary school. Can still recall

information





Teaching children more than one language helps:


-ing skills


Appreciation

FutureJobs









Point 1: Point 2:

Point 3:

Helps Children Develop Higher Learning Skills

Promotes Equality and Appreciation

of Culture

Creates Future Job Opportunities



Point 1:


Reasearch shows studing a foreign language helps promote and

reinforce core subjects.

-Nea Research, 2007

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Second Languages enrich

and Enhance Cognitive

Development-Nea Research, 2007


Point 2:Promotes Equality and Appreciation

of Culture





Studying foreign languages helps

connectWith Cultures and Foreign

Students -Nea Research, 2007









Helps StudentsLearn about Their

Cultural Heritage and Language

-Chritian, 2004;Nea Research, 2007


Point 3:



Businesses are looking for

Bilingual employees

-IBTimes, 2011



Translators Needed!

-IBTimes, 2011Friday, November 8, 13


Spread the Word! Prepare Your Child!

Foreign Language DVD’s

Foreign Language Books

Discuss Educational Foreign Language Program


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Teaching Foreign Languages to Young Children Instead of High School


Promotes Equality and Appreciation among Cultures





Without teaching our children another language or cultures, we are robbing them of:

Learning


Connection


Opportunity










Promoting second language education

Prepares Your Child for the Future

ReferencesChristian, D. C. (2004). Language Learning: A Worldwide Perspective. Educational Leadership, 62(4), 24. Retrieved from

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DiProperzio, L. (2012). 6 Foreign Languages Kids Should Learn. Parents.com. Retrieved from http://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/development/language/best-foreign-language-for-kids-to-learn/?page=2

IBTimes Staff Reporter. (2011, January 22). Foreign language skills provide sharp edge in the job market. IBTimes.com. Retrieved from: http://www.ibtimes.com/foreign-language-skills-provide-sharp-edge-job-market-258085

NEA Reasearch (2007). Regarding World Language Education: The Benefits of Second Language Studies. Retrieved from http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/Curriculum/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder/

BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf








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