The Guardian – Ijeoma Thomas-Odia
” Getting your kids to learn a new language can be an exciting journey for them. It is never a waste even if they don’t become fluent. Instead, early exposure to foreign languages will make language acquisition easier later in life, when they finally get around to learning a second language in earnest. Even if they never achieve fluency, studies show that exposure to a second language abets cognitive development, boosts abilities in the native tongue and improves academic performance across the board.” (more)