The importance of learning a second language from childhood.

The benefits of linguistic diversity

Being bilingual has several benefits for cognitive development, as it improves flexibility, memory and brain ability.

During the childhood the ear can more easily develop listening skills, which is a facilitator for children when speaking and emulating phonemes. Over time, toddlers can differentiate a variaty of sounds.

Helps improve decision making:

A brain that learns to think in two or more languages has the ability to analyze several situations at once and this helps to make better decisions.

Increases memory

By having greater concentration and dedication, more attention is paid to details and helps keep memory active; This will benefit the brain to retain a greater amount of information.

Lower risk of brain disease:

Advances in medicine have found that bilingual people, by strengthening their brains by learning a second language, are less likely to suffer from mental illnesses such as dementia or Alzheimer's.

Professional and personal growth: A bilingual person or professional is usually more successful, because he understands in the way of thinking and acting his social, cultural and professional environment. A bilingual person or profesional is usually more successful because you have greater understanding in the way of think and act about social, cultural and professional environment.