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"We stumbled on a good thing. A great thing, in fact." A parent talks candidly about raising a family of world citizens

Friday, May 04, 2012
We moved to Summit for the schools. We have four kids from eight (next month) to 20 months.  We are looking at four in private school next year.  How did this happen?  Read More »

Northwestern University Study: Additional Benefits for Billinguals Include Fine-Tuned Hearing and Enhanced Attention

Friday, May 04, 2012

Dual language speakers are better able to encode basic language sounds and patterns. A new Northwestern University study provides the first biological evidence that bilinguals’ rich experience with language “fine-tunes” their auditory nervous system and helps them juggle linguistic input in ways that enhance attention and working memory.  Read More »

The New York Times: How Immersion Helps to Learn a Language

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Learning a foreign language is never easy, but contrary to common wisdom, it is possible for adults to process a language the same way a native speaker does. And over time, the processing improves even when the skill goes unused, researchers are reporting. Read More »

New York Family Magazine Interviews Bilingual Buds Founder Sharon Huang

Friday, March 23, 2012

New York Family Magazine editor Eric Messinger turns to Bilingual Buds Founder Sharon Huang  to offer insight about learning in two languages.   Read More »

The New York Times: Why Bilinguals Are Smarter

Monday, March 19, 2012

Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people.   Read More »

The New York Times: Hearing Bilingual; How Babies Sort Out Language

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Dr. Perri Klass highlights babies' incredible knack for acquiring language.   Read More »

Go East, Young Man

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New York Times Op-Ed contributor Jonathan Levine comments about China as a destination for job seekers.  Read More »

The Benefits of a Bilingual Education: Reuters Visits Bilingual Buds

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Bilingual Buds' New York classrooms serve as the setting for a report on the growing popularity of bilingual education.  Read More »

CNBC Visits Bilingual Buds

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Bilingual Buds NYC was featured in a piece about China's growing influence on US schools. CNBC staff member (and Bilingual Buds parent) Amanda Drury reports.
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Why It's Smart to Be Bilingual: A Newsweek Article Featuring Bilingual Buds

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

With Bilingual Buds NYC as her setting, Newsweek reporter Casey Schwartz explores how the brain's real "super-food" is learning new languages... Read More »