Speaking in Tongues

We watched the movie Speaking in Tongues yesterday in class. It was about Chinese immersion programs. I think these programs are great for children. At first I thought it might interfere with there learning of english, but from what I've seen it actually helps with their learning. Studies have actually shown that becoming bilingua expands our brain capacity. It is also said that learning another language taps into an area of the brain that usually isn't working at such a young age. In the United States some people seem to think we our children should just learn english, I think it's becoming more and more important every year that students become bilingual with the cultural that we live in. I think in the long wrong children who are bilingual will  have an advantage over others because our culture is becoming so diverse and there are so many languages being spoken in the United States.