Bilingualism & Children •Who is bilingual? (types of bilingualism) • Bilingualism & Language Delay • Bilingualism & Language Confusion • Bilingualism & Intelligance • Bilingualism & Cognative Development • Conclusion
Who Is Bilingual? In general terms – person who can speak two languages Bilingualism bi = ´two´ lingua = ´language´ We can distinguish: bilingualism at the personal level, bilingualism at the social level
Personal bilingualism Coordinate bilingualism Compound bilingualism Subordinate bilingualism Diglossia Ambilingualism Bipart-lingualism Bilingualism at the societal level:
Bilingualism & Language Delay Language delay Vs. The clinical use of the term to refere to significant delays in the development of language. Worries about significant delays.
Bilingualism & Language Delay The problem of differentation of grammatical system. Single-system hypothesis by Volterra and Taeschna E.g. Inflexional morphology
Bilingualism & Language Confusion Parrent’s worries: code-switching: a sing of language confusions. Researchers: code-switching: a sign of mastery
Bilingualism & Language Confusion To avoid confusion: one-parent, one- languageapproach; although other approaches also valid.
Bilingualism & Intelligence Is there any positive impact of bilingualism or learner’s intelligence?
Bilingualism & Cognitive Development The Human Mind A container with limited capacity or A machine ready to be stimulated by the environment?
Bilingualism & Cognitive Development Bilingualism VS. Monolingualism Bilingual children: Understanding of taxonomic relationships developed earlier; Perform better in most cognitive skills Bilingual adults: Learn new words more easily; Alzheimer’s onset delayed
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