ARSOUM Foundation School

Multilingualism

বহুভাষিকতা

Multilingualism is the ordinary condition of most of the world and of most of India. The fear that a young child will be confused by more than one language is widespread and not supported by the evidence: children sort languages by who speaks them and where, from very early. Bilingual children sometimes name objects a little later and catch up; what they gain is a lifetime of not needing to.

Bengali at home, Hindi and English built deliberately from age three. Three languages is not a load here, it is the design.