Alba's Spanish Tales
“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”
Melanie Stuart-Campbell has been an educator in the field of world languages for twenty five years.
She has taught in elementary and middle schools in the USA, Ecuador, and the Republic of Congo. Melanie has also taught teacher preparation courses and English to university international students.
She is a passionate advocate for bilingual/world language education and immigrant rights. She resides in Kansas with her husband, two children, and pets.
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There are many benefits of being bilingual!
Did you know there are MORE bilingual or multilingual people in the world than monolingual? Research has shown multiple cognitive, social, and economic benefits to bilingualism. Proficiency in more than one language improves cognition by increasing one’s ability to make decisions, solve problems, think creatively, and make better sense of linguistic and numerical data.
Proficiency in more than one language improves socialization because the bilingual person has a greater positive self identity, can relate better to different cultures, and is more likely to pursue higher education.
The economic benefits to bilingualism are also impressive. The demand for bilingual jobs posted through online search engines has more than doubled over the past 5 years and currently one-third of businesses surveyed were seeking bilingual employees. And often, one's salary is higher because of their bilingual abilities!
Alba’s stories will increase one’s bilingualism!
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”
