"Did you know? Bilingual children are raised with intellectual and cognitive development focused on two languages from the moment they are born. Introducing children to more than one language during childhood is very beneficial for young minds.”
Dr. Christos Pliatsikas of Georgetown University, Washington DC, United States (US) in 2020, discovered that youngsters who learn two languages have a favourable influence on grey matter and white matter in the brain. Grey matter refers to the region of the brain that processes and transmits information. Meanwhile, white matter in the brain permits other areas of the brain to interact. Dr. Pliatsikas came to the conclusion that multilingual children are brighter, have better memory, and age better than youngsters who only learn one language.
When it comes to bilingual, English nowadays has its space bound in taking role to communicates the world by verbal and non-verbal ways. In some country with advance English skill, they have bigger opportunity to get information faster rahter than others with low English skill in their civilization. And to reach the aim of capable communication it must started in early stage education which refer to young learner.
Why?
Many questions were predicted to arise, including why is it crucial to teach English to children and the advantages of this teaching for them are also considered. Hence, according to a report released by APPI and the British Council in 2005 on The Advantages And Challenges Of Teaching English To Young Learners , the report stated that in addition to outlining that younger is better, they also mentioned that in the long term, those who start to know English earlier more quickly have achieve higher proficiency than those who staring later. Furthermore, the younger the children less likely have any reason for learning english or even may not understand what it aims for learning english. However by learning a new language, children have a greater chance of being able to analyze their own language better. Because the children’s ability to self regulate their behaviour and feelings or their perspective towards language is to understand and make sense of it. Which means, children give more attention to meaning rather than form.
Does learning English really that helpful ?
It shown that kids who start learning a foreign language don't have a psychological or linguistic obstacle. It implies that extraordinary efforts and particular circumstances are not required to compel them to speak. They begin learning a language in a setting where their progress is not evaluated and failure has no repetition, so they are not afraid to make mistakes. This helps people with communication skills because they start by considering what they want to say, rather than how they should express it.
What’s more ?
1. Young children are exceptionally good at remembering information, and their brains are built to automatically incorporate new information. Their mental processes are also less complex and abstract, which facilitates their learning of English.
2. It expands their territory in gaining more knowledge and information. Learning English helps kids become more expressive, which is good for their academic progress. Early exposure to the language gives kids the linguistic abilities they need to do well on scholastic exams and succeed in their studies. For example English can be used to obtain information when they are unable to do so in their own tongue. For kids who study, it is the same as a prosperous alternate route.
