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Professor of English language and literature at Kuwait University Dr. Mishaal Al-Shaheen
KUWAIT, June 2 (KUNA) -- Teaching of foreign languages at early age helps
students to excel at later stages of education, said Dr. Mishaal Al-Shaheen,
professor of English language and literature, Kuwait University.
"The early development of schoolchildren's foreign linguistic skills opens
for them new horizons of chances to understand other subjects and communicate
with people with different cultures," he said in a lecture here Sunday night.
"This is helpful for students to become more able to solve their own
problems and be academically and socially successful later on, Dr. Al-Shaheen
affirmed, citing recent scientific surveys.
"The focus of early linguistic teaching should be placed on diction and
words; this proved to be the ideal way of foreign language acquisition, it
helps prepare the minds of recipients for other aspects of the language such
as grammar, and so forth," he pointed out.
Dr. Al-Shaheen advised parents to expose their children to more than one
foreign language and show personal interest in foreign languages in order to
encourage the kids to love these languages.
He also highlighted the positive impact of posting multi-lingual notices at
places frequented by schoolchildren with a view to ensuring continuity of the
language teaching.
Scientific studies show that bilinguals and multi-linguals are better able
to concentrate and memorize and less liable to Alzheimer than others, he
concluded. (end)
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