Workgroup Leaders:

N. Jeff Rogers, Community Leader
Kay Saffari, Community Leader
Mahjabeen Rafiuddin, Facilitator
Lisa Deffendall, Project Coordinator
Ivonne Beegle, Staff Leader

Why Consider World Languages?

• Individuals and society as a whole accrue educational, cognitive, socio-cultural, and economic benefits when intensive study of a second and even a third language is included in the educational program.
• Students who acquire advanced levels of proficiency in other languages experience cognitive and linguistic advantages in school and are able to take professional roles that cross linguistic boundaries.
• Children who are exposed to foreign languages at a young age develop stronger problem solving skills, perform better in their native language and are more open to other cultures.
• Children who learn more than one language from a young age are more likely to retain fluency and speak without an accent later in life.