Bilingualism is seen as being able to interact and connect with two different cultures. The development of Bilingualism begins at very young age, it become a form of identity among children and it creates this way of life that they consider normal. Being bilingual in America is knowing two different languages in most cases, Spanish and English. It is learning Spanish from their most likely uneducated parents and learning English from their surroundings along with perfecting the language through education. Moreover, being bilingual not only consist of advantages it also consists of individual troubles. Throughout observations it became clear the combination of having parents who only know one language and then having a different language
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He would recognize the sounds of each language. Furthermore, according to Galotti (2016), Phoneme is the sounds of words that distinguish and makes each word unique from others (p. 140). In other words, it is a way certain words sound and what makes each language different from others and the sounds of words can differ by language,. Sounds is an important aspects of language each sound has its own meaning and definition. It is part of communicate in aspects of understanding what others are saying and knowing how to respond. As a bilingual there are much more sounds one has to recognize and be able to tell them apart from each language. For example, when Jaden’s mother was changing the channels on the TV, Jaden would turn and look when an English speaking channel would come out once his mother would change it back to a Spanish speaking channel he would look at it and turn away. In other words, he would recognize the sounds of the English language which is why he would turn and look at it, once he recognized the sounds that are part of the Spanish speaking language he would turn back. This observation indicated two things, one based on the sounds Jaden would recognize the language that was spoken, two his attention towards the English language indicates Jaden has a preference to the English
He would recognize the sounds of each language. Furthermore, according to Galotti (2016), Phoneme is the sounds of words that distinguish and makes each word unique from others (p. 140). In other words, it is a way certain words sound and what makes each language different from others and the sounds of words can differ by language,. Sounds is an important aspects of language each sound has its own meaning and definition. It is part of communicate in aspects of understanding what others are saying and knowing how to respond. As a bilingual there are much more sounds one has to recognize and be able to tell them apart from each language. For example, when Jaden’s mother was changing the channels on the TV, Jaden would turn and look when an English speaking channel would come out once his mother would change it back to a Spanish speaking channel he would look at it and turn away. In other words, he would recognize the sounds of the English language which is why he would turn and look at it, once he recognized the sounds that are part of the Spanish speaking language he would turn back. This observation indicated two things, one based on the sounds Jaden would recognize the language that was spoken, two his attention towards the English language indicates Jaden has a preference to the English