Why Learn a Second Language?

Knowing a Second Language can:

• Increase your child’s personal pleasures such as the enjoyment of literature, art, music, theatre, travel and personal relationships
• Increase your child’s understanding of and respect for other peoples and other cultures 
• Help your child to understand more about himself, his country and his fellow Canadians 
• Give your child access to a larger pool of information and to more educational and career opportunities
• Give your child a competitive edge in the job market anywhere in Canada and in many other countries.

The Process of Learning a Second Language can also:

• Develop your child’s listening and learning skills as well as the self-discipline that are useful throughout life
• Increase cognitive abilities, creating a more flexible thinker
• Enhance his knowledge of his first language and improve his ability to communicate in it
• Make learning a third or fourth language much easier.