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| Title | Article: Looking for Baby Sitters: Foreign Language a Must |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/nyregion/19bilingual.html?_r=1&src=me Looking for Baby Sitters: Foreign Language a Must By JENNY ANDERSON August 18, 2010 When Maureen Mazumder enrolled her daughter, Sabrina, in a Spanish singalong class a year ago, she hoped it would be the first step in helping her learn a second language. But the class did not seem to do the trick, so Ms. Mazumder decided to hire a baby sitter, one who would not only care for her daughter but also speak to her exclusively in Spanish. Ms. Mazumder, whose daughter is nearly 3, has company. Although a majority of parents seeking caretakers for their children still seek ones who will speak to their children in English, popular parenting blogs and Web sites indicate that a noticeable number of New York City parents are looking for baby sitters and nannies to help their children learn a second language, one they may not speak themselves. In recent years, a number of neuroscientists and psychologists have tried to untangle the impact of bilingualism on brain development. “It doesn’t make kids smarter,” said Ellen Bialystok, a professor of psychology at York University in Toronto and the author of “Bilingualism in Development: Language, Literacy and Cognition.” “There are documented cognitive developments,” she said, “but whatever smarter means, it isn’t true.” Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/nyregion/19bilingual.html?_r=1&src=me |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2010-08-30 10:33:58 |
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