The Pros And Cons Of Bilingualism In English

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Bilingualism is everywhere. In our modern world english transcends it s native countries and has become the intermediate language for communications around the world. In fact in the world people are more bilingual than nonolingual’At the same time, in a world inwhich more people are bilingual tha monolingual’.

I think that being bilingual make us more special and more flexible.Being bilingual means that we have a lot of emotions and traditions.I think the bilingual education is very important to, that’s why schools are finding that language cultivation works both ways. Many Native American children, for example, have forgotten or have never known their victor languages.
It’s interesting that people in the U.S.A fear that any government knowledge
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What I found very interesting, bilingualism may actually have some consequences. There is debate over this issue, with some saying that there have been no proven disadvantages. Simultaneous acquisition of two languages actually hinders vocabulary growth and that while the difference between monolinguals and bilinguals diminishes as the bilinguals mature, the gap never fully closes.
Bilinguals have the disadvantage, where you know the word but you just can't get it out. it’s also important that second languages can very well be helpful in the vocabulary. If we know many languages can be a useful tool because of the languages’ origins. knowing the word roots we can give a sense of the word’s
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You can travel and enjoy new places without being separated by the menacing language barrier that can inhibit a full cultural experience. An advantage from talking 2 or more languages is that traveling around the world would be easier. This way you can communicate all your ideas and people would understand you better. Exactly the same thing happen when you meet foreign people; for work or just for entertainment. Imagine you work in a big company or you are receiving family or friends from other countries you’ll need to know a way to understand them and for them to understand you to. Studying new languages increases your social development in an incredible way. It allows you to open the mind to more than one culture or way of

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