Multilingualism

Early bilingual refers to someone who acquires two languages in early childhood. Those especially learn two languages as “first languages” at the same time can be termed as simultaneous bilinguals. Simultaneous bilinguals are commonly exposed to the languages since birth or shortly after. Generally speaking, learning two languages in early childhood does more good than harm. This paper will first discuss the benefits of bilingualism including advantages in metalinguistic awareness, and…

La mayoría de los hispanohablantes de los Estados Unidos que son segunda or tercera generations often develop their own language among the English and Spanish languages. In most of these second and third generations, Spanish is commonly spoken in the house and English is learned through schooling or just interactions with other English speaking people in one's community. A stigma that derives from this homemade language is that the person who speaks Spanglish might not know enough Spanish or…

Have you ever tried to join a conversation that was already in progress and the minute you showed up you noticed that something had changed? No, you're not imagining that. A linguistic element in that particular conversation actually changed. That element is called code-switching. If you're not familiar with the term code-switching, this refers to switching between languages or registers while speaking or signing. Bilingual and multilingual individuals do it all the time and reasons vary. For…

While there would be an infinite number of ways to raise bilingual children, the two that stand out to me are One Parent One Language and Minority Language at Home. The one covered here will be Minority Language at Home. The minority language is the language that is not spoken in the community. For example, if a family lives in the United States and one of them is from Mexico, the minority language would be Spanish because English is spoken in the community. Therefore, one of the parenting…

In a globalized world, people are gradually aware of the benefits of mastering of new tongue, such as more knowledge, more opportunities in massive life and even more chances to develop themselves. Being a bilingual can help people broaden their mind by approaching a huge fund of knowledge from all over the world through foreign documents, books and news in a proactive way with no language obstacle. As a result, this might lead people seeing the world from a different point of view.…

What role does bilingual education policy have in the educational opportunity structure for English language learners (ELLs)? The study of X Public School District Bilingual program exposed all the deficiencies found in Bilingual education. The study was conducted in a district where the majority of ELLs were Hispanics who performed below the 50th percentile in the NJASK3 and NJASK4 Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics as well as below the 20th percentile in the GEPA and HSPA Language Arts…

A bilingual student often has a greater advantage over understanding a text. An English and Spanish speaking, reader has a large advantage in understanding Latin American literature and its American translation. Like Water for Chocolate is a popular Latin American novel, known for it use of magical realism and its empowerment of women. As a bilingual reader, I often have the privilege to read a text in its original Spanish version. Many times I also have the privilege to look into both versions…

In today’s society implementing a bilingual education program into the school system would be a very beneficial way to provide a better learning environment for students that are not fluent in English. Today’s society has become very diverse and has numerous students throughout the school system who are not fluent in English. The recent studies throughout the years that I have read about have implemented tutoring for students who are not completely fluent in English, as well as providing an…

Bilingualism, the act of being fluent in two languages, plays an essential factor in my life. To me my bilingualism represents my connection to the culture, traditions, and history of my family. A majority of my family and I speak English and Castillo, a dialect of Spanish. My bilingualism and those languages make up an important part of my identity for due to my bilingualism I get a mixture of cultures and traditions that I believe influenced my personality as I grew up. One of the…

Becoming bilingual can almost guarantee a prosperous life. A bilingual person is typically more diverse, will look better to employers, and will obtain a lot of other beneficial perks. Bilinguals will also help change our society for the better with the change in population. Schools need to start requiring second language classes in order to make their students smarter and help them in the future. Someone who has learned a second language will be more diverse. They would have understood another…