ϲ

Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • ϲ Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • ϲ Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Spectrum News

The Importance Of Children Learning Multiple Languages

Thursday, November 10, 2022, By Julia Mazzer
Share
College of Arts and Sciences

, associate professor and director of the Latino-Latin American Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in the Spectrum News story “.” The article highlights the importance of elementary school students learning to speak two languages, in order to learn more about cultures other than their own. García-Calderón says, “I’ve had both personal friends and students who have expressed their concern, ‘I’m losing the language of my family,’ when I hear that, I feel that they think they’re losing a bit of their identity.”

  • Recent
  • NASCAR Internship Puts Jenna Mazza L’26 on the Right Track to Career in Sports Law
    Wednesday, August 13, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff
  • Whitman School Names Julie Niederhoff as Chair of Marketing Department
    Wednesday, August 13, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff
  • Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn Receives Spotlight Award From Society of American Archivists
    Wednesday, August 13, 2025, By Cristina Hatem
  • ϲ Stage Announces Auditions for 2025-26 Theatre for the Very Young Production ‘Tiny Martians, Big Emotions’
    Wednesday, August 13, 2025, By Joanna Penalva
  • 5 Things to Know About New Student Convocation Speaker Andrea-Rose Oates ’26
    Wednesday, August 13, 2025, By John Boccacino

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

© 2025 ϲ. All Rights Reserved.