Notes on Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Terminology: it is customary in studies of multilingualism to refer to a person’s first language or native language as “L1” and a person’s second language as “L2” Common Myths about Bilingualism/SLA * Speaking two languages to a young child will confuse them. * Speaking two languages to a young child will slow down their development. * Supporting L1 takes away from acquiring L2. * Younger children are better at getting
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(IMLD) to be observed throughout the world each year on 21 February. This celebration is designed to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education‚ to highlight greater awareness of the importance of mother tongue education. Multilingualism is a source of strength and opportunity for humanity. It embodies our cultural diversity and encourages the exchange of views‚ the renewal of ideas and the broadening of our capacity to imagine. Irina Bokova‚ UNESCO Director General Linguistic
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TO MY FELLOW CHILDREN Dr. Jose P. Rizal If truly a people dearly love The tongue to them by heaven sent‚ They’ll surely yearn for liberty Like a bird above in the firmament. Because by its language one can judge A town‚ a barrio‚ and kingdom; And like any other created thing Every human being loves his freedom. ONE who does not love his native tongue‚ Is worse than putrid fish and beast; AND like a truly precious thing It therefore deserves to be cherished. THE Tagalog language’s
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CODE SWITCHING IN SOCIETY AS THE PRODUCT OF LINGUISTICS By: Agnechia Friska Rivalny/ 126332055 Introduction In the society‚ we always interact with other people around us. When people interact with others at anytime and anywhere they must use a language. Without a language‚ people will find some troubles when they do their activities and toward the others. There is no people or society without a language. The role of a language among the people in this life is very crucial. The
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particularly in those where students are emergent bilinguals‚ translanguaging as a pedagogy offers the possibility of producing integrated knowledge‚ deep understandings and coherent identifications. (Garcia 116) Having students practice dynamic multilingualism will broaden their academic achievement skills and posses the ability to assist their peers in a classroom setting. This is such the case for Eric‚ a student who displays dynamic bilingualism‚ he is able to use his linguistic repertoire flexibility
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the world and only about 200 independent states‚ multilingualism seems to be a very common phenomenon. On the other hand‚ the governments of many countries give official recognition to only one or some of the languages spoken in the country and this creates the impression that multilingualism is not common at all. Thus I can say that linguistic diversity in the world today is an issue of growing social importance and the problem of multilingualism can be studied from different perspectives.
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Transgressing Monolingualism and Bilingual Dualities: Translanguaging Pedagogies Ofelia García‚ Nelson Flores and Heather Homonoff Woodley A. Yiakoumetti (ed.). Harnessing Linguistic Variation for Better Education. Peter Lang. Throughout the world language minorities are most often educated in schools that have been designed for language majorities. Usually they are educated only through the medium of the dominant state language. But even when they are given the opportunity to be educated
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Republic of the Philippines Taguig City University Gen. Santos Ave.‚ Central Bicutan‚ Taguig City COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Case Study Analysis “The Effects of the Implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education at Upper Bicutan Elementary School” Submitted by: Cada‚ Benrick M. Gecolea‚ Kristine A. Tayo‚ Raissa Beed A21 (am) Submitted to: Prof. Cheryl Mesina INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study The Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education refers to “first-language-first”
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Cited: Kathryn Speck. (2008‚ July 28). Multilingualism is a noble and useful goal; Our schools and children are equipped for the task. Edmonton Journal‚A.18. Retrieved April 12‚ 2010‚ from Canadian NewsstandComplete. (Document ID: 1522317851). Salas‚ Leticia. "Saying ‘Adios’ To Spanglish". Language
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Due to globalization‚ modern technology‚ easier ways to communicate and travel‚ the concept of multilingualism has become a necessity and has spread rapidly in the last period of time. Scientist‚ more precisely‚ psychological scientists‚ have started analyzing bilinguals in order to see if there are any differences in the way they think‚ behave and if speaking multiple languages affects them. They soon reached the conclusion that there are shifts in bilinguals’ personality and even their brains
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