The document discusses the benefits of learning a foreign language at a young age, including improved cognitive development, academic performance, and cultural awareness. It notes that bilingual children tend to outperform monolingual peers on tests of intelligence. Additionally, speaking multiple languages may help protect memory as we age. The document also provides information on the most commonly spoken languages worldwide and in the United States, as well as statistics on the global Spanish-speaking population.

1. How languages
developed?
Ms. Polo

2. Take a careful look to
the Indo-European
language family tree.

4. Why to learn a new
language is important &
why at an early age?

5.  To gain an accent-free pronunciation.
 To absorb a language without translation.
 To enhance cognitive development.
 To improve academic performance.
 To gain values such as cultural
awareness, respect for self & others.

6.  Children in foreign language programs
have tended to demonstrate greater
cognitive development, creativity, and
divergent thinking than monolingual
children. Several studies show that people
who are competent in more than one
language outscore those who are speakers
of only one language on tests of verbal and
nonverbal intelligence.
http://www.ncssfl.org/papers/index.php?rationale

7.  Speaking foreign languages may also
help protect our memory.
“The American Academy of Neurology”.

8. What are the top XII
languages spoken
in the world?

10. What languages are
spoken in the U.S?

12. What languages are
spoken at home in the
U.S?

14. How many Spanish
speaking countries are
in the world?

18. What about the
worldwide Spanish
speaking population?

20. How do people in the
world feel about learning
a foreign language?

22. I hope this information was
useful & to keep in mind of the
benefits of learning a new
language.
Thanks for your time!
Ms. Polo-Sanchez

23. REFERENCES
 American Academy of Neurology:
 http://www.aan.com/press/index.cfm?fuseaction=release.view&release=905
 Cognitive benefits of learning language:
 http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4724
 http://www.ncssfl.org/papers/index.php?rationale
 Spanish Language Images & Graphs:
 http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii