Learning different languages from a baby (Please help me to correct)
I am agreed that we should start learning a second language at a young age as soon as we are able to start to explore our surroundings.
There are several advantages to learn a second language at a young age. For the part of self-development, the human brain is under fast developments in its first five years after birth. a second language, especially one quite different from you mother tough, will help a baby or toddler to experience different culture and life, thus, in a long run, to shape their brain structure and make it more adaptive to new and strange environments. Researches show that people with bilingual or multilingual backgrounds are relatively more open-minded and optimistic facing difficulties and challenges.
For the part of the whole environment, living in a world under rapid globalization pace, children with a multi-culture background will be considered more competitive. It is easy to figure out that it is becoming a fashion in raising a child in a multilanguage environments. For families of both parents from different language cultures, children are inevitable to encounter different languages during their developments. There also some families who have a keen eye on children’s education and have a belief in the enormous advantages of a multilanguage environment could bring, they are willing to spend time and money in order to send their children to different daycare centers or appoint nannies whose mother tough is different from them. Thus, their children will not be failed in the first place.
I agree that we should let our children experiencing different language cultures at a young age as long as we could provide sources and opportunities. While I think we should also take price-quality into consideration and try to have a helicopter sight on children’s development. Anyway, learning different languages is good but not the only good thing.