{"id":248,"date":"2018-11-17T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2018-11-18T22:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:00:48","slug":"the-benefits-of-starting-early","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/?page_id=248","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of starting early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHY LEARN A LANGUAGE EARLY?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Early foreign-language learning has been found to bring many benefits, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an ability to pick up an authentic accent because your child&#8217;s ear is more finely attuned to differences in pronunciation that adults often cannot hear, and find more difficult to imitate<\/li>\n<li>an appreciation of different cultures and customs<\/li>\n<li>improvement in memory and problem-solving skills<\/li>\n<li>extension of brain performance in many areas such as mathematics, not just languages<\/li>\n<li>your child will already be accustomed to enjoying foreign language learning before they start at secondary school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GIVE THEM A HEAD START!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/viva-logo-4-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-291 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/viva-logo-4-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY LEARN A LANGUAGE EARLY? Early foreign-language learning has been found to bring many benefits, including: an ability to pick up an authentic accent because your child&#8217;s ear is more finely attuned to differences in pronunciation that adults often cannot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/?page_id=248\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PasByf-40","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivalanguages.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}