In article Bilingual Childrens Mother Tongue: Why Is It Important for Education? Jim Cummins argues that Bilingualism has positive effects on children linguistic and educational development. He states that in schools educators have to develop ch

Discouraging children from developing their mother tongue is not intelligent from the point of national self- interest and the violation of children’s rights. There are researches that claim advantages in linguistic and educational development of bilingual children .  Those children who learning two or more languages has a deeper understanding of language  and flexibility of thinking through two languages. Children with a good foundation in their mother tongue doing well in the school majority language and further succeed educationally in the term that two languages are interdependent so  the children’s development of concepts and thinking skills are developed well . Based on educational research teaching minority language (mother language)in bilingual education does not hinder the developing of majority language. In a sense that by learning minority language at the same time they learn concepts and intellectual skills that are equally same to their ability function in majority language. I  am agree that if a child’s first language’s foundation is good enough then it will be easier learn another language due to the thinking and intellectual skills are the same in languages. Bilingual children have a big advantages on comparing and contrasting  reality through two languages. In my case from childhood my grandparents created good foundation on my mother tongue so there were no difficulties on learning English and other languages.

In early years at school bilingual children easily learn the majority language in school also easily at forgetting  mother tongue due to not using mother tongue in the community  outside the school. As Jim states children within 2-3 years will understand their mother tongue  but will use majority language in speaking with siblings and parents. When child become adolescent the linguistic gap between child and parents will be huge. Pupils become alienate from their native culture  and language. To avoid from that parents and teachers should help children retain and develop their mother tongue as initiate classroom projects focused on pupils mother tongue and parents keep home language policy and provide opportunities for children use their mother tongue. (read, write, play group, visit their origin country).Educators should encourage children to use their mother tongue in addition to majority language and create environment where the linguistic and cultural experience are accepted and validated. In short the educators in schools should stop see the cultural and linguistic diversity as a problem instead accept all linguistic, cultural and intellectual skills children brings from home to school and their society. Parents have big role to keeping child their mother tongue however school is not providing mother tongue child could develop at home with parents help. I think every children is essential with those knowledge he have (mother tongue) to school and society. Multilingual children is huge contribution to their society and international global community.

As globalization spreads out countries aware of cultural and linguistic diversity in schools and whole society. But the solution for it not discourage child from learning their mother tongue. As researches show bilingual children have a good thinking, intellectual skills and succeed educationally more  than those who know one language. Parents and schools should help and support children’ s mother tongue and develop it same as a majority language. Society should stop see linguistic and cultural diverse children as a problem but accept cultural and linguistic intellectual resources child bring from home to society.