By Bilingual Acquisition Summary
The article “By Bilingual Acquisition”, Genesee (2006) explains how children learn and acquire languages. There are a lot of children who live in different environments from their mother languages such as Arabic. They are exposed to another language, and it may affect them. There are also careful parents and educated people who think negatively about childhood bilingualism. This phenomenon is common in some communities where some children grow up with their mother tongue, and the parents try to speak their own language. The author mentions that children can learn the second language in many different ways, like their parents who are exposing them to classmates, daycare workers, and neighbors. In addition, the children can use both languages
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He says that children who mix both languages in their conversation are not right. Moreover, research shows that, most children mix their languages to talk as their parents do when they want to communicate with their children, Moreover, the parents want their children to speak with them in the mother tongue, so they prevent them from using a second language in the house. So, the children only use one language for communicating. It means that the children have the ability to distinguish between both languages in their conversations, because they are very smart to communicate with people who speak a certain language. For instance, if the parents speak Arabic in the house, their children will use Arabic, and they can speak a second language like English if someone talks to them in English whether in their house or outside of their house.
Evaluation, Reflection After reading the article “Bilingual Acquisition”, I found answers to some of my research questions. These questions are how do children acquire and learn many languages at the same time, and do they face some difficulties in their learning? This article was well written, and it was convincing me too, because the author mentioned so many facts and examples related to bilingual children. I realized that children can have enough exposure to different languages and acquire them. Learning many languages
He says that children who mix both languages in their conversation are not right. Moreover, research shows that, most children mix their languages to talk as their parents do when they want to communicate with their children, Moreover, the parents want their children to speak with them in the mother tongue, so they prevent them from using a second language in the house. So, the children only use one language for communicating. It means that the children have the ability to distinguish between both languages in their conversations, because they are very smart to communicate with people who speak a certain language. For instance, if the parents speak Arabic in the house, their children will use Arabic, and they can speak a second language like English if someone talks to them in English whether in their house or outside of their house.
Evaluation, Reflection After reading the article “Bilingual Acquisition”, I found answers to some of my research questions. These questions are how do children acquire and learn many languages at the same time, and do they face some difficulties in their learning? This article was well written, and it was convincing me too, because the author mentioned so many facts and examples related to bilingual children. I realized that children can have enough exposure to different languages and acquire them. Learning many languages