Most of us think that learning multiple languages can be difficult for children, well that’s not true at all because most of the children in the world can speak multiple languages which means that it’s a not difficult task.
Indeed there are plenty of benefits for the multilingual, such as improved executive functioning skills—the ability to think flexibly, demonstrate self-control, focus attention, and tune out distractions.
Research has found that the patterns of brain response of bilingual infants to speech are different from those of infants whose families speak only one language. Bilingual children show continuous improvement in discriminating between two languages—for example, Spanish and English—from 9 months onward (Garcia-Sierra et al., 2011). Increased exposure to both languages seems to be related to an improved ability to discriminate between the two.
China is one of the largest countries. China population is equivalent to 18.41% of the total world population. So if a child learns Chinese he will be able to communicate with around 1,418,228,618 people. If he learns Arabic too so the first most amazing thing is that he will be able to understand the Quran which is essential.
A child will be able to communicate with other 407-420 million people who speak Arabic.
Well, there are several benefits of learning and teaching different languages simultaneously but we need to give an environment as well if not possible at home so must be given in the schools.
The first step to teaching children a foreign language is to start as soon as possible. Start now, no matter how old child is. Even babies can learn a foreign language if they are exposed from birth.
Studies have shown that people who are bilingual are better at tasks that require multi-tasking and attention focusing than monolinguals. Brain scans show they have more gray matter in the regions of their brain that are involved in executive function. The hypothesis is that the effort to constantly choose the right language at the right time provides a “mental gymnastics” for bilinguals which gives them extra practice in focusing their attention.
“A different language is a different vision of life.”
Federico Fellini
DHS
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