The Huffington Post – Nicole Stellon O’Donnell
“The more languages each of us speak, the more likely we are to find connection and commonality. When we don’t offer students in the United States second and third languages in primary school, we limit them. Waiting until middle school, brains awash in hormones and bodies soaked in self-consciousness doesn’t work…Knowing another language allows a child a view into another culture, a depth of understanding allows us to navigate the distance between people in a very personal way.”(more)