The multiracial and multiethnic characteristics of American society determine the existence and development of the bilingual education.
FG: Some people believe you cannot be a "real" bilingual if you have not acquired your two languages in infancy or at least as a young child.
Bilingual babies showed a different pattern. At 6-9 months, bilinguals did not show the mismatch response, but at 10-12 months they showed the mismatch for both sounds.
And children who grow up in bilingual households have a distinct advantage over their peers.
A bilingual secretary from Cameroon, she is immaculately dressed and has the practised deportment of a society debutante.
Unlike us (who only have one child), many 'sea turtles' have two or three kids and some also need a bilingual daycare center.
Her research is now focusing on the structural differences in bilingual brains.
The child will learn to separate the languages by the age of three and will grow up bilingual. This situation has been shown empirically to enhance cognitive development.
Most of the time, however, being fluently bilingual is not enough.
In general, it is best to use UTF-8 when working with any bilingual or multilingual documents to avoid problems reading or displaying the contents.
Chinalco, says a Westerner, has used the same 40-something bilingual hotshot on several deals: he was "very, very good".
Monolingual babies took no notice, but bilingual babies started looking at the video again.
Being bilingual or learning languages preserves brain function and lowers the risk of dementia, and the "use it or lose it" theory also has proven benefits.
On the other hand, the acquired bilingual may not have the same in-depth knowledge of colloquialisms, slang, and dialect that the born bilingual has.
Considered "bilingual," I made 10% more than my "monolingual" colleagues.
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