Why does it seem that the US is one of the few countries where being multilingual or bilingual is not something highly encouraged starting in elementary school?
Students who start school speaking another language are often times discouraged from maintaining their native language in favor of being proficient in English.
Why does it have to be an either or situation?
There is much research showing that certain parts of the brain are more active when learning a second language and while learning another language, more brain connections are made. These multiple brain connections are shown to help multilingual students in the long run.
Furthermore, for every language a person knows, it obviously increases the number of people one is able to communicate with via a social or work setting.
It seems that the time to highly encourage foreign language starting in elementary school has finally come...
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