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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new research doesn't surprise me.  UMC parents are always looking for some gimmicky quick fix approach to helping their kids get an edge.

The benefits of bilingualism, while real, have long been exaggerated in this country and city![/quote]

Get real.  If it’s Spanish, you can bet that the benefits of being bilingual is not exaggerated in this country.  After English, it’s the 2nd most widely spoken language in the US.

I took French in school and now in retrospect, wished I had taken Spanish.  I’m in the medical field and need a phone interpreter regularly.  There are jobs in my field that specifically is looking for someone who is able to speak Spanish or says Spanish speaking a plus.  I’m sure other service oriented fiends like law, business, marketing, etc.. it would be greatly beneficial.

The majority of people in 1st world countries are at least bilingual.  Not so in the US which is clearly a disadvantage and it’s a shame that all schools don’t start a 2nd language seriously in early elementary like other countries.

In addition, the executive functioning benefits are also easy to see.  Kids learn very young to switch back and forth and organize what they want to say in 2 languages in addition to reading and writing.  Learning to be bilingual in itself is a challenging curriculum.[/quote]

I also want to add that it’s just too funny how someone post an abstract of a meta-analysis and people here jump on it and say there is not much benefit to bilingualism.

It’s obvious these people are not in the science oriented fields.  Seriously?  Do you folks even know what a meta-analysis is and the weaknesses of it?

You believe that bilingualism does not have much benefit from a 1 paragraph abstract without reviewing the sample size, methods, parameters, statistical analysis, etc??  I could go on and on....[/quote]

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