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As young as we are, we always wanted to let the younger generation not just learn English language but even master it as well. With the advancement our children is exposed to various influences like television programs, online or offline games, social media websites, and other factors, we cannot actually let them left behind with the trends. Besides, such knowledge in English makes it advantageous for the children’s future as well.

So if you personally want your kids to embrace the international language of today, allow them to be fully equipped in foreign language schools. They may not necessarily travel abroad because you cannot actually let them go to a school located abroad at a very early age. If your present country considers English as a native or a second language, I’m sure there is a number of language schools established. You can let them enroll in the school of your choice.

If you are currently located in the United States, perhaps letting your kids get learn English at language school in New York is a good idea too. We have a school in there that we personally suggest to you because it will develop English specifically intended for young learners. The versatility and modernization of this city also opens the minds of your youngsters more, making them submerged with the recent English culture.

Your child will never get tedious learning English language. Aside from the fact that it is the easiest language to learn, this is also the most influential language of all idioms. From the internet to the most remote areas, English has penetrated the world successfully.

So if you want to get your kids involved in English-related activities, allow their knowledge to get expanded with the latest learning methods to learn English. Since they are kids (or even teenagers as well), they need to have formal training in a formal school. Make inquiries in our site for further details of our schools that will surely teach your kids to learn and master English language.

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Do you know any young learner who might be very interested to study English abroad?

If you know someone—perhaps your younger sister, brother, or neighbors at age between 10 to 15 years old who you think are English enthusiasts, along with parents’ permission and support, you can encourage them to let them learn English to a language school located in London.  Sounds very interesting, isn’t it?

Young learners can choose a course in a 5, 21 or 25-hour in a week, depending on their suitability. Other choices even include summer holiday courses exclusive for young teenagers. These courses, posted have been running since June already. You and the other parents as well will really find these courses suitable for all levels of ability.

“Students can enroll for between two and nine weeks, and will experience trips around London and England, creative arts, and sporting activities, as well as 15 hours a week of core English tuition.” It’s going to be exciting as kids generally enjoy field trips and tours.

Do you know that younger learners as young as five to nine years old can also attend this summer English program to improve their English? Such courses can last to at least two weeks, from Monday to Friday, and runs from June until August. These young kids will surely enjoy learning English because fun activities and disciplines such as art, science, drama, geography and mathematics are all that rotates throughout the learning process. It’s going to be knowledge worth spending for.

And the best part of this language school in London is that, English is not the only language being taught. Children and teens can freely choose to learn German language or even Spanish, French and Italian as well! The school is amazing in terms of versatile courses and creative methods in letting these youngsters learn the language in an easier and child-friendly manner.

We all know how advantageous it is for learners to learn foreign languages in their early stages. The younger they are when they can acquire a new idiom, the easier they can receive it. Science has proven it already. Experiences attest it, and parents from various children across the globe can also verify how their kids become excellent in various aspects.

Aren’t you convinced to let your kids learn foreign languages as well? Don’t hesitate to let them go to a language school and let them learn the language of their choice.

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Language learning has always been greatly encouraged among all walks of life. From children, to youth, young adults, and even the old ones can be, and are given the privilege to learn French at language school if they want to. They ought to learn French because they know that this knowledge is beneficial on both personal and professional aspects on their lives.

But recent updates were posted in the Internet when a parent named Tony Rizzo shared his own personal experience when his 6-year old daughter materializes the effectiveness of French language learning. The post shares a mood of astonishment and it definitely serves a positive testimony of language learning made easy.

“En Francais.” This was the French phrase that Rizzo quoted as he detailed how her daughter’s first year of full immersion in French language taught her effectively. “She was speaking as if she were born in Paris. At least it sounds that way to me”, he jokes.

Rizzo admits that he was “sceptical of the whole idea of full immersion language instruction for kids [his daughter’s] age.” He was even dubious of French learning to be exact. For some reason, he is not into those who denigrate the French for political stances that don’t coincide with those of the United States. “I recognize that if it weren’t for France, our founding fathers would probably be footnotes in Her Majesty’s history books,” he explained. And what’s worst is that he questioned the utility of teaching children a language with little practical value to their daily lives.

But now, seeing evidently how his daughter showed excellence in taking foreign language courses like of French’s makes him realize that even a 6-year old child is credible to learn such foreign language. Witnessing how simple things like singing Les Trois Petits Cochons (Three Little Pigs), writing her own story book in French language, and pretending like she was a teacher. It was momentous for someone who was sceptical. Now, he is even interested to learn foreign languages if given the opportunity.

French language is easy to learn. This young girl proves it. Would you like to prove how amazing French language is? Learn French in language school and be a person who is knowledgeable with this wonderful idiom.

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Our level of globalization in these times is really in a certain peak of level where our differences of language shouldn’t become the hindrance. This is why language schools are established so that the world, in a way, can become one. When the world unites, we will become progressive and prosperous in our own ways and eventually a contributors of our own success.

This principle is applicable to countries all around the world, and presently the United Kingdom is somehow in a dilemma at this area.

Written by Gareth Evans, there was a growing lack of foreign language skills among the young people in UK. This is considered to become a major dilemma because it actually damages the country’s economy. That is why the call to universities and other language schools was implemented to encourage their youngsters both at school and in higher education in learning foreign languages. “Failure to act will have a “detrimental impact” on the UK’s social, cultural and economic well-being”, as implemented by their government.

According to CILT, The National Center for Languages, their conducted survey shows “the proportion of state schools where more than half of Year 11 pupils are studying a language dropped to 38% in 2010. t the same time, swingeing university budget cuts are having an impact on higher education courses, particularly arts subjects, which have not been protected in the way science and maths-based courses have. The Academy’s paper argues that declining numbers of school pupils studying languages has reduced the numbers taking the subject at university.

“This has led to closures of university language departments so many of those remaining are now in the most elite institutions.

In Wales, Swansea University’s decision to restructure its modern languages department has attracted widespread criticism, with the reduction of 10 lecturer posts currently under scrutiny. Italian posts would disappear completely, with French, Spanish and German all cut,” added Evans.

See how significant language learning is? The British Academy recognizes how foreign language learning plays an important role in their economy.

Would you like to become one of the contributors of the  economical rise in your own country? Choose to learn languages by enrolling to your chosen foreign language courses and make a difference. Start your learning as early as today!

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Infants are adorable, aren’t they? We love to see them in their innocence as they sleep, hug them with tender loving care, talk to them even if they don’t necessarily talk back, and just make them laugh to let them burst into amusement! Whether you have your own children or have not, the desire to get involved with these adorable babies is surely irresistible.

But do you know that your simple gesture of talking to your babies actually has significance in their language ability? Words can actually influence an infant’s cognition from his or her first months after birth. Is this possible?

According to Hilary Hurd Anyaso who wrote about an article about talking to babies that can influence an infant’s cognition; words talked to a 3-month old infant can influence its performance “in a cognitive task in a way that goes beyond the influence of other kinds of sounds, including musical tones.”

This research is actually done by Alissa Ferry, Susan Hespos and Sandra Waxman in the psychology department in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. In their study, 3-month old babies were shown series of pictures of fish paired with words. As the baby was shown with the said picture, the baby was told to “look at the toma!” (A made-up word for fish), and they viewed the picture.

What makes the study amazing is that when the babies were shown with another picture, particularly dinosaur, they stared at the fishes more intently than the other picture. A result, the researchers “found that although infants who heard in the word and tone groups saw exactly the same pictures for exactly the same amount of time, those who heard words formed the category fish”.

Is it not amazing? As young as three months old, they are capable of understanding an object through constant communication. “For infants as young as three months of age, words exert a special influence that supports the ability to form a category,” said Susan Hespos, one of the researchers involved in the study. This only proves that this is the earliest stages to understand a certain language by looking intently at the object shown.

Based on the research mentioned, truly indeed, man is an amazing creation. His ability to comprehend any form of language is visible even as early as three months. So let us not miscalculate an infant’s ability to understand your language when you talk to him. Mind you, they actually comprehend what you are saying to them.

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Time and again it has been said that the best time to learn foreign languages is when children are still young and when they can easily grasp as much as five languages simultaneously.

It may be challenging to introduce at least two languages to children at the same time yet if parents and teachers are supportive enough, children can become fluent in more than just one language in no time.

In Eugene, Oregon at the River Road Elementary School, young children are learning two languages at the same time.  River Road has launched a dual language immersion program just this school year and it is the first of its kind in Lane County.  It took many years of dreaming, research, planning, and training on the part of the River Road School’s staff; close to half of them are bilingual.  The program began with three kindergarten classes and two first-grade classes and will progress later on by grade level with those pioneer students.

The River Road Elementary School has many students who are native Spanish speakers and many of whom have grown up feeling the pressure to abandon their first language outside the home since English is the language normally used by the people around them.  Kay Softich, a kindergarten teacher, has said that during her Spanish-only session, some of the native Spanish speaking students were initially answering her in English since they were already fixed with the instinct to conform to the language used by the majority.

The dual language immersion program empowers many native Spanish speakers to continue using their native language while learning English.  The program also benefits native English speakers to learn a second language and experience what it’s like to be new to a country as what some of their classmates are.  Kindergarten teacher Victoria Sanguino said that “everyone gets a chance to struggle and to help” with the 50/50 model which strives for an approximately equal distribution of native English and Spanish speakers in each class.

The River Road School is deemed ready for the program as said by parents and staff.  Kevin Gordon, the father of student Avery Gordon said that “they had done so much of the legwork, so much of the planning – even when they were making hiring decisions over the last few years.  It really was just a matter of executing it.  It’s not been a bumpy start at all.”

The dual language program is a popular one and according to the school’s principal Paco Furlan, as of last week there were fifty students on the waiting list.  There were no slots left for native English speakers seeking to enroll from the combined attendance area for River Road and Howard Elementary.  The school district decided to blur the boundary lines of the schools so that parents including those moving into the area with older children struggling with languages would be able to choose between both schools.  River Road offers dual language immersion while Howard offers technology immersion.

Teacher Imelda Cortez speaks solely in the Spanish during the first half of the school day and in English on the second half in order to make the dual language immersion effective.  The teachers and instructional assistants of the schools use various techniques to make themselves understood by the students.  Gestures, visual cues, expressions, songs, and many more tools are used for language learning.

Most students who are part of the program give positive reviews though most of the native English speakers prefer the English portion of the day.

If most schools in the world offer programs like this in their schools, young children may be exposed to languages and cultures earlier and learn to appreciate better thing sin life and have the opportunity to use the languages they learn in the future.

Disney has broken into almost every corner in the world with various products and merchandise and one of the latest endeavors the giant company has delved into may still be unknown to some people in other parts of the planet. Walt Disney Co. has English language learning schools in Shanghai, China and young children are benefiting from this project.

The company says that the program is primarily about teaching English language skills to children and not to extend its brand in the most populous nation in the world. However, the company’s flagship school in Shanghai is filled with Disney references thanks to the massive Mickey Mouse sculpture in the school’s foyer and to the diction lessons offered which star Lilo and Stitch.

Children as young as two years old can have joined the English language program of the school and their attention are held by memorable names and settings form Disney films; and the Disney Magic Theater which is the main teaching tool in the school with combined functions of a television, computer and chalkboard.

The language learning industry in China is booming and as what Premier Wen Jiabao said in his speech last January, more than three hundred million Chinese are studying the English language. Disney is extending its brand in China through its English schools and it has produced two films in the country which are due for release soon. The company has recently asked permission to build a Shanghai Disneyland that could open in 2014.

Teaching English to Chinese children is one of the ways Disney uses to expand its reach. The company plans to have four Shanghai English language centers by June from the current two and it plans to launch in Beijing within a year. The executives of the company say that if their endeavors in China are successful, they will most likely create English schools in other countries around the world. However, they stress that their goal is authentic English language learning, not a marketing push. They are set to teach Chinese kids the English language.

The students in Disney’s language schools are introduced to as few as four words a week and the language is presented through Disney TV shows, books, and movies. Students get Disney merchandise such as Mickey Mouse book bags, pens, hats, CDs, bilingual books, and flashcards which are otherwise unavailable in China. Aside form the activities in the English school, the children’s supplemental learning materials can be used at home with their parents. Parents can check their children’s progress online with the children’s teacher since they are not allowed to enter the classrooms. Disney English is a hit with people from China’s growing middle class and it may spread out to other members of society soon.

Learning languages is for people of all ages and all walks of life who wish to improve themselves and who want to communicate with more people on the planet.  Learning languages has a lot of advantages since they can be used for various purposes, in different aspects, and in numerous fields.  Learning languages can be very beneficial and it would be better if a person can speak more than just one language in order to be able to expand his or her horizons.  Anyone can learn languages anytime but do you know that it is better to start learning languages at a young age?

Young children are more likely to learn a second language naturally.  Exposing young children to a second language will allow them to optimize their learning potential and it helps them to shape their brains at their most flexible stage.  Children can acquire native-like language fluency as easily as they learned to do their first motor skills.  Adults who learn new languages have to work through their established first-language system, study grammar rules, and practice rote drills whereas young children learn languages naturally by building a second language system alongside their first language; and by absorbing sounds, intonation patterns, structures, and rules of a second language intuitively as how they learned their mother tongue.    Young brains are inherently flexible and are uniquely wired to acquire languages naturally.

The best time for language acquisition is during early childhood.  The ease of learning a second language lessens with age that is why it is better to start young.  Experts have estimated that older learners lose the ability to hear and reproduce new sounds by age eight to twelve, resulting in a permanent foreign-sounding accent in any language.  Younger learners benefit from flexible speech and ear muscles that can still hear the significant differences between the sounds of a second language as well as replicate them with native-like quality.

Studies have shown that children who learn languages young go on to show enhanced spatial relations and problem solving skills, have stronger communication skills, and have higher elementary and SAT test scores.  Some parents are concerned that maybe if they start their young children on a second language it will interfere with their developing first language skills, which is not exactly the case.  Children can differentiate between two languages within the first weeks of life and learning another language will actually enhance their overall verbal development.  According to research, children gain additional cognitive benefits to learning a second language at an early age.  Children who study foreign languages show higher cognitive performance in overall basic skills in elementary school, and also exhibit better problem solving skills, heightened creativity, and more.  Children who learn foreign languages tend to develop flexible thinking and communication skills which can help them consider various issues from more than a single perspective.

Young children are able to enrich their lives and open doors to their future when they learn languages at a young age.  Aside from that they gain an expanded world view, have greater intercultural appreciation and sensitivity, have a competitive edge in the global marketplace, and have the ability to learn more languages more easily!  When people start to learn languages at a younger age, they tend to become people who have a better understanding of the world not only because they can communicate in more than a single language but also for the reason that learning new languages can help them have better appreciation of other cultures.

Learning new languages can bridge a lot of gaps and are very beneficial in the future that is why it is better to start learning languages while you are still young!  If you are a parent or an elder sibling or a teacher of young students, better encourage young children to learn new languages and help them equip themselves for their future!