{"id":2516,"date":"2017-08-31T15:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchinstitutens.com\/school\/?page_id=2516"},"modified":"2017-11-21T19:32:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T19:32:29","slug":"benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchinstitutens.com\/school\/why-french-school\/benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1504193878817{margin-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Academic and Cognitive Benefits:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Research conducted at Cornell University suggests that children who learn a second language can <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2009\/05\/learning-second-language-good-childhood-mind-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintain better attention and focus<\/a> than children who learn only one language.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple studies report a direct correlation between studying a foreign language and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actfl.org\/advocacy\/what-the-research-shows\/studies-supporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher standardized test scores<\/a> including the ACT and SAT.<\/li>\n<li>Learning another language benefits students\u2019 reading abilities, even showing that bilingual students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actfl.org\/advocacy\/what-the-research-shows\/studies-supporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">score higher on sight reading, spelling<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/lib\/sde\/PDF\/Curriculum\/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder\/BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English vocabulary tests<\/a> than monolingual speakers.<\/li>\n<li>Learning a second language enhances comprehension in all subject matters, increasing overall <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/lib\/sde\/PDF\/Curriculum\/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder\/BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">success from elementary school through college<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Children who learn a second language <a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/buy\/2000-03003-003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer academic and life skills<\/a> from one language to another, affording a positive influence on a child\u2019s English-language proficiency.<\/li>\n<li>There is a proven link between language learning and students\u2019 increased ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.georgetown.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/10822\/555473\/GURT_1980.pdf?sequence=1#page=307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scientifically hypothesize and mathematically problem solve<\/a> in addition to more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/lib\/sde\/PDF\/Curriculum\/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder\/BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developed spatial understanding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Social Benefits:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Studying a second language promotes cultural awareness and understanding.<\/li>\n<li>The French School affords families a lifelong, international network of contacts.<\/li>\n<li>French connects you to more than 270 million French speakers worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Future Benefits:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Expedites language requirements for high school and college.<\/li>\n<li>Bilingual job candidates are 66% more likely to get hired and have more job opportunities around the world than monolingual adults according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Research shows that bilinguals also <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/archive\/2000\/01\/in-florida-it-pays-to-be-bilingual-university-of-florida-study-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earn significantly more<\/a> per year than their monolingual peers.<\/li>\n<li>Bloomberg ranks French as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aatfri.com\/pdf%20files\/Bloomberg%20Rankings_Business%20languages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> most useful business language<\/a> in the world after English and Mandarin.<\/li>\n<li>Learning another language <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neurology.org\/content\/early\/2013\/11\/06\/01.wnl.0000436620.33155.a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improves executive function<\/a> in children and delays the onset of dementia in adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1504193878817{margin-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Academic and Cognitive Benefits: Research conducted at Cornell University suggests that children who learn a second language can maintain better attention and focus than children who learn only one language. 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