From: Business Insider
Teaching Kids A Second Language Isn’t A Waste Of Money
September 12, 2012
Business Insider:
Children growing up in low-income households often fall behind their peers in just about every category––from school testing, college exams and even their mortgage rates later in life.
What if learning a second language could change that?
It sounds far-fetched, but a team of University of Luxembourg researchers say they’ve found strengths in low-income bilingual children that may help them surpass the challenges of poverty––namely how they quickly and efficiently they learn to process information early in life.
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