The Impact of Bilingualism to the Child

THE IMPACT OF BILINGUALISM TO THE CHILD

A Term Paper

Presented to

Mrs. Haydee Villanueva

Faculty of the College of Education

Misamis University

Ozamiz City

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements of the Subject

English 4A

(Effective Writing and Term Paper Writing)

By

VINCENT G. CATARAJA

March 2013

The Impact of Bilingualism to the Child

Thesis Statement: Childhood bilingualism or learning two languages may not be the problem it has been through but rather an advantage and an opportunity.

I. Introduction

II. Bilingualism: An overview

III. Types of Bilingualism

A. Consecutive bilingualism

B. Simultaneous bilingualism

IV. Advantages of Bilingualism

A. Cultural

B. Cognitive

C. Linguistic

D. Communication

V. Cognitive Disadvantages of Bilingualism

A. Limited vocabulary

B. Think more slowly in the language in which they have lesser fluency

VI. Ways to Achieve Child Bilingual Balance

A. Employ “Captive Reading”

B. Make home “language rich”

C. Bilingual education

VII. Conclusion

The Impact of Bilingualism to the Child

I. Introduction

There has been much debate about the impact on children of acquiring two languages which is incidentally, the common experience of the majority of the world’s children. More recent studies conducted by Jackson and Stockwell support the view that there are certain distinct advantages of being brought up bilingually.

To understand the impact of bilingualism, we must know the types of it. Childhood bilingualism may be simultaneous or consecutive. When child grows up, for example, in a family where the parents speak two different languages, and aspire to bring up to their child bilingually. This child is deemed to develop simultaneous bilinguality. On the other hand, consecutive bilingualism occurs mostly when the language minority child first attends...