[PDF] benefits of dual language programs

Enhanced Cognitive Skills Immersion students develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory and superior problem-solving skills, as well as an enhanced understanding of their first language.
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  • What are some of the benefits of a dual language classroom?

    Personal: Children who are learning more than one language have a stronger sense of identity and value their own and others' cultures.
    Social: Children in dual language programs develop greater understanding of global and social issues as well as valuing different perspectives.

  • What are the cognitive benefits of dual language?

    Bilingual people enjoy advantages: they have enriched cognitive control, it's likely that they have improved metalinguistic awareness, as well as better memory, visual-spatial skills and even creativity.
    There are also social benefits from being bilingual.

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of bilingual education?

    Bilingual Learning: Advantages & Disadvantages

    It is easy to learn a second language- It is a way forward to multilingual Learning- Develops Wisdom- Exploring diversity- Increases prospects for future opportunities- Improves working memory- Lack of qualified assistance- Split students' concentration-

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of bilingual education?

    The One-Way (Spanish) Dual Language Program classrooms are composed of only English learners with a spanish home language background, designed to develop students' fluency and literacy in English and Spanish.
    The program also helps students to succeed in academic subjects.

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