Learning in English means learning, differentiating and respecting countless cultures. Real bilingual children are exposed to more than one culture, which expands the possibilities of interpreting the world, enhances critical thinking and global vision. At Maple Bear Marília we celebrate commemorative dates from Brazil, Canada and other contries.

When we think, we use language. A child’s oral ability is highly related to the number of words the child can produce and a bilingual child uses, on average, more than twice as many words as a monolingual child of the same age. Learning to speak, read and write in two languages ​​is faster, more enjoyable, and more importantly, it generates a growing sense of self-esteem and identity.

Bilingual students have the necessary skills to live, study, work and be happy anywhere in the world. Thus, increased academic and professional opportunities in Brazil and abroad. In addition, they are able to learn other languages easily.

Numerous studies have confirmed that being bilingual really makes a person smarter, as it has a profound effect on the brain, improving cognitive functions such as concentration, planning, problem solving and improving memory.

There is a consensus in the sciences that the bilingual brain is stronger, as it makes more connections and exercises more during the greater growth of the organ and reduces neuronal pruning. As an example, the likelihood of degenerative diseases – like Alzheimer’s – affecting bilingual people is significantly less than in monolingual people.

Bilingual children learn to read faster and better compared to monolingual children. The strategies used to decipher the codes of one language help discoveries in the other language. Furthermore, in the past, there were concerns that teaching two languages ​​at the same time could confuse a child, fortunately, research indicates just the opposite.

More than 80% of the world’s literature available in Basic Education is in English. Using English means giving the student access to all this content. It is to value national literature, which will also be used in the program in Portuguese, but to recognize that very high quality literature from countries such as the United States, England, Australia and, of course, mainly from Canada, must be present in the training of our students.

There is consensus that one of the most important skills of the 21st century is communication. Therefore, knowing English is fundamental and necessary to communicate with the world and being really fluent in the language is a differential.