Educational development of Bilingual Children

Educational Development of Bilingual Children

1. Bilingual programmes provide greater and easier exposure to curricular content and higher levels of literacy.
2. Good bilingual education programme recognises and builds upon the knowledge and skills of children.
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   With the help of bilingualism, a child will have a broader scope of knowledge because he/she will be able to study books in both the languages.
4. It helps to enhance the self-confidence of the child.
5. Bilingual programmes tend to enrich the vocabulary of the child in both languages.
6. Bilingual programmes increases the ability to think flexibly and abstractly about language.
7. A bilingual child has more ability to solve problems.
8. A bilingual programme keeps one's brain sharp.
9. It improves cognitive skills of the child.
10. Bilingual programme enhances a child's working memory.
11. A bilingual child will not hesitate to stand on a national level or public platform and communicate.
12. A bilingual child will be able to adjust with the multicultural environment and will be more tolerant and open-minded towards people, culture and language.
13. It helps to communicate with different language at a time.
14. A bilingual child can travel abroad more easily and they can make more friends easily.
15. It makes children more open-minded and sensitive to others.

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