Benefits of being bilingual
Cognitive
Attentional control
Delay the onset of illnesses and the onset of age-related cognitive decline
Increased intellectual flexibility
Educational
Improved learning outcomes
Increased high school graduation rates among children of immigrants
Increase levels of creativity
Better enhanced metalinguistic awareness to support the learning of languages in the future
Sociocultural
Understanding of other world cultures
Increased empathy development
Enhanced connections to heritage cultures
Promotes global awareness
reduce discrimination
Economic
Greater job opportunities
Greater business opportunities
Language skills are in high demand for Goverment