Early Bilingualism Increases Capacity to Learn Other Languages
In 2000 The Nuffield Report, an important investigation into language learning in England, found that :
“Learning more than one language at an early age also supports later learning of other languages, and tends to confer a greater awareness of the significance of language”
and that:
“The future of languages cannot be exactly forecast. During the course of the next two decades language priorities will change, perhaps in unexpected ways.”
Our own National Languages Strategy shows the same thinking when it concludes that the most appropriate goal for Australian primary education is:
“Adaptability to learn new languages as the need arises, requiring generic language learning skills.” Esperanto provides "generic language learning skills" and adaptability optimally.
Click the download file below for a review of some of the evidence that Primary Esperanto improves achievement in English and subsequent LOTE, in Australia and overseas.
“Learning more than one language at an early age also supports later learning of other languages, and tends to confer a greater awareness of the significance of language”
and that:
“The future of languages cannot be exactly forecast. During the course of the next two decades language priorities will change, perhaps in unexpected ways.”
Our own National Languages Strategy shows the same thinking when it concludes that the most appropriate goal for Australian primary education is:
“Adaptability to learn new languages as the need arises, requiring generic language learning skills.” Esperanto provides "generic language learning skills" and adaptability optimally.
Click the download file below for a review of some of the evidence that Primary Esperanto improves achievement in English and subsequent LOTE, in Australia and overseas.
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