Learning a Foreign Language Supports Academic Achievement and Cognitive Development

FIPA understands that there many benefits for students to learn a foreign language. Studies has shown that children who have studied a foreign language in elementary school tend to perform better on standardized tests than those who have not. Another study suggests that students who are taking a foreign language class outperform academically students who are not taking a foreign language. Below are a few of the benefits foreign language supports academic achievement and provides cognitive benefits to students.

• Early language learning may improve cognitive abilities

• Learning a second language may improve cognitive development and abilities.

• Language learning leads to higher standardized test scores.

• Language learning is beneficial to bilingual and two-way immersion programs.

• Language learning improves students' reading abilities.

• Language learning improves students ability to learn other languages.

• Learning a second language increases linguistic awareness.

• Studying a foreign language may improve performance on SAT and ACT Tests.

• Learning a second language may improve memory skills.

• Learning a second language may improve problems solving abilities.

• Learning a second language may improve verbal skills.