How important is a child's first contact with a foreign language

The first contact with learning at school is very important for every child. This is the stage when he not only acquires basic mental skills, among them reading, writing or counting, but also learns independence, cooperation, develops his creativity and logical thinking, among other things.

Learning English or Spanish as a foreign language brings the child closer to the world around him, arouses his interest and increases his desire to explore it more deeply. This is part of the tower blocks to which schooling at Academy International can be compared. Each piece, in different colors and even shapes, in good combination with the others, creates a solid structure, every now and then higher by one floor. The higher the tower, the wider the horizon appears. And after all, since the world is so vast, why not start exploring it from an early age and from different sides of it?

Language classes are more than learning vocabulary and grammar. One could say that they are just the tools needed to create a more complex work. Learning a language hides additional qualities and has a whole range of them. Overcoming the language barrier extremely quickly and easily and gaining the boldness to speak a foreign language in the long run makes it easier to communicate with people of other nationalities, and sensitizes one to the goal of getting along with others. Knowledge of culture, which is an integral part of interacting with a language, increases the scope of perception of the world and at the same time is the seed for building tolerance and openness to different customs, behavior and traditions. The benefits, therefore, are immediate, but also long-lasting.

Its strategy is based on immersing the child in a bilingual environment and cross-curricular teaching. The form of learning a foreign language is adapted to the child's age and educational level. It encourages him to use a foreign language and gradually and variously increase the range of knowledge and skills acquired at successive stages of learning. Thus, the solidly "built tower" will serve for a long time.