The Benefits of Bilingual Education
Fostering bilingualism is what sets GISNY apart.
In a world that grows more connected and complex by the day, the ability to speak more than one language fluently and navigate effortlessly between two cultures can translate into a wealth of personal and professional opportunities. Extensive scientific research over the last several decades has shown us that there are far-reaching and long-lasting brain benefits to learning a second language in childhood. Very recently, studies have demonstrated the superior social skills of bilingual children.
Children who begin a full-day bilingual education early in their life and continue through high school obtain the greatest and longest-lasting benefits. The German International Abitur (Deutsches Internationales Abitur, or DIA for short) is an internationally acclaimed college preparatory curriculum and diploma that provides an academically exceptional and culturally rich multilingual education to students of all nationalities and backgrounds.
Every lesson is a language lesson.
If you talk to a man in a language that he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela
Bilingualism Changes Your Brain
Social Emotional Benefits
Did You Know?
- Graduates holding the German Abitur can apply to colleges and universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where tuition is usually free. That can translate into a tuition savings of $100,000 or more.
- Admissions directors at American colleges and universities regard graduates holding the German International Abitur as bright and prepared. Some students even receive college credit for their courses towards earning the German International Abitur.
500,000 Americans can speak German fluently, far fewer than those who speak Spanish or French. This makes it easier for German speakers to stand out from the crowd!
U.S. Census Bureau
German speakers are unique and in demand.
- A Harvard research study discovered that German speakers in the United States earn, on average, $128,000 more over their professional lifetimes than workers whose second language is French or Spanish. The uniqueness of fluent German/English speakers is likely to thank for this.
- In the United States, German companies employ more than 800,000 people, and that number grows every year.
- Germany is Europe's economic powerhouse and the world's 4th largest economy. Nine of the world's 50 largest companies are German, including recognizable names like Adidas, Bayer, BMW, Lufthansa, Siemens and Volkswagen.
- Germany is fast becoming a center of computing, biotechnology, and alternative energy and needs bilingual employees to fuel its global growth.
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