We Should Teach Children At Least Two Languages Essay

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There 's a debate if should we teach kids at least two languages at a young age so that they could have a better advantage in the future or let them have freedom and let the kids learn whatever language fits them the most. For me personally, I would teach my kids two languages because it really helped me get jobs easier and I know later in the future the competition for jobs will increase exponentially. My parents taught me three languages and those languages were English, Chinese, and Vietnamese. As of right now, I can speak fluently in all of the three languages but I still find it sort of hard to get a job so I’m wondering how the hell do kids that know one language get a job? That 's why I 'm determined to teach my kids even if it takes away some of their freedom because it will help them in the future. Moreover, being bilingual has many other benefits than just being more attractive and having better job opportunities. One of the other benefits is you are more likely to be smarter than the person who knows one language. According to the New york Times “Being bilingual, it …show more content…

You may be thinking that people who get Alzheimer 's are old but that isn’t necessarily this case. People can have Alzheimer 's really at any age but scientist can’t confirm it. But there is a way to delay Alzheimer 's and one of the ways is being bilingual. The website LiveScience written by Clara Moskowitz wrote “researchers found that those who were bilingual had been diagnosed with Alzheimer 's about four years later, on average, than those who spoke just one language. And the bilingual people reported their symptoms had begun about five years later than those who spoke only one language (Moskowitz, 2011 paragraph). Being bilingual isn’t just to help you get jobs but it will help you for the rest of your life. Furthermore, if you were to ask me what’s more important I would pick my life