Carolina Language Interaction

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Language is a fundamental part of our development in how we communicate with other people. It can be spoken, written or expressed with gesture and body movement. In my interaction with Carolina, my intention was for her to talk as much as possible because we were alone I knew that would not be a problem. Carolina is an 11-year-old bilingual who speaks both Spanish and English. Spanish being her native language due to her parents. My three main goals are to cover the effects language has on Carolina in school, if being bilingual affects her development, also the biculture she is a part of.
In my interaction with Carolina, we talked about her school performance. She said she was doing fairly well on all of them (Her father had shown me her grades

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