Today, knowing English is no longer a luxury and has become a necessity since it opens the doors to the global world in which we live. However, it is important to know that, at the level of skills development, learning a language other than the mother tongue has a very positive impact.
The brain, being a muscle, works differently. When different areas of this organ are activated, sensitive changes are noted, such as more flexible thinking, greater attentional capacity and sustained attention, better auditory and visual memory, and an increase in the accumulation of vocabulary.
When a second or third language is learned in the first years of life, it is expected that language development might seem “slower” as the brain integrates the information received and seems to be slowed down, but only at an expressive level. So, once the information is “accommodated”, the children begin to express themselves orally without any problem, with the enormous advantage of having a better pronunciation since the points of articulation are more easily acquired, as is done with mother language. Likewise, they learn to think in a second language instead of having to translate before expressing themselves in writing or orally.
Knowing all the advantages of learning another language, Ikigai favors the acquisition of English and French from the first year of Kindergarten; giving them a safe environment so they can express themselves freely and naturally.