Twelve Corners Middle School

BENEFITS OF LEARNING LANGUAGE STUDY
At Twelve Corners Middle School, we promote the value of studying a world language. World language study provides cognitive, communicative, developmental, and global advantages. Contemporary research supports these benefits.

A few of the benefits of studying French, German, or Spanish at Brighton Central Schools are:

• Language study is fun! 
• English is not enough. The demand for intercultural competency and global competitiveness encourages language study, which improves future employment potential and economic opportunity.  
• Language study promotes access to other people's ideas and ways of thinking.  
• Language study facilitates interest in and respect for new, diverse cultures.  
• Language study enhances social skills and promotes human interactions.  
• Language study develops cognitive skills that support achievement across the curriculum.   
• Language study boosts your brain’s ability to interpret meaning and tackle complex problem-solving tasks.  
• Language study strengthens your skills of perception and interpretation.  
• Language learners are better, more perceptive listeners.  
• Language learners score higher on standardized tests.  
• Communicating in a new language requires and fosters creativity.  
• Language study interacts well with new technologies (video conferencing, podcasts, skype, etc.).  
• Language study improves your command of English by focusing on language fundamentals.  
• Language study and use bring excellent future opportunities in the target language.  Communicating in an authentic cultural setting is the real and practical reward of learning a language.