“It's never too early to start.” This phrase may sound familiar, uttered by parents as they encourage their children to start piano lessons or go to kids' basketball camps. Whatever the situation, it seems that starting to learn early gives the child some sort of advantage. It can most likely be assumed that this quasi-proverb also translates into language: a language learned and used regularly from a young age is probably more rooted in the mind of those who use it than one learned late and used sporadically. It has been made evident through the research of Bialystok, Craik and Luk that there are immense neurological benefits to bilingualism. Furthermore, as stated by Martha Nussbaum, knowing more than one language offers new cultural perspectives, which can be important for the advancement of society as a whole. Therefore, a student should start learning a second language early in their education, not only for the incomparable cognitive benefits, but also for the cultural exposure and social benefits. There are many cognitive advantages to being bilingual. Because language use is mentally taxing, bilingualism has been shown to improve executive control (Bialystok et al., 2007). Bialystok and his co-researchers go on to say that having two lexicons “makes ordinary language processing more challenging for bilinguals than for monolinguals” (p. 241-2). The bilingual person must not only choose which language to use, but also repress the secondary language, not allowing it to interfere. The constant additional effort required of bilinguals, therefore, gives them an advantage when it comes to tasks that require the inhibition of competing stimuli, such as the Stroop test or the towers task (Giannakidou, 2013...... half of document .....quences for the mind and the brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16.4: 240-250.Byram, M and K. Risager (1999). I. Human Lecture conducted at the University of Chicago, IL.Hakuta, K., E. Bialystok, and E. Wiley (2003). : 31-37.Keysar, B., SL Hayakawa, and SG An (2012 The foreign language effect: Thinking in a foreign language reduces decision-making biases. Psychological Science, 23.6: 661-668.Magga, OH (2006). ).Diversity in Saami terminology for reindeer and snow.Guovdageaidnu, Norway.Nussbaum, M. (1998)..