Recommend English Since Age 1-6 Years

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Jakarta, Psychology Zone - Introduce foreign culture from an early age often been controversial for some people. Globalization is considered injured attitudes towards cultural nationalism and nation. However, the introduction of foreign languages ​​such as English from an early age is very beneficial to the mental development of the child . The statement was made ​​by Novita Tandry, M.Psi, psychologist education early childhood. He considered, including the introduction of a foreign language in 4 stimulation is needed for early childhood, especially ages 1 to 6 years.
According to the event SGM Novita Achievement Center in South Jakarta, Tuesday (1/5), the earlier the child to know a foreign language, the more easy for him to implement a foreign language as the language of everyday besides Indonesian. Certainly not rule out the Indonesian language as their mother tongue, and keep learning from the environment. Foreign language skills can make a child more confident when they grow up.
"Learning more than one language is not a problem for the psychological development of children. The important thing parents consistently later, at home to teach English as well, "says psychologist graduate of the University of New South Wales this.
He gave examples is like a child in neighboring countries on average have been able to speak with 4 different types of languages ​​from the age of 3-4 years. In fact, it never found a problem in the development of the child at that age.
"In neighboring countries such as Malaysia or Singapore, the children are already familiar with the four languages ​​at once when they were 3 or 4 years. Three other languages ​​they use come from the environment, "said Novita. (KMP / sec / mba)