Bilingualism is
commonly defined as the use of two languages by an individual. It
is a term for children and adults who have a proficiency in two
languages (ASHA, 2004). Bilingualism is common and it is on the
rise in many parts of the world. Moreover, one in three people
being bilingual or multilingual (Wei, 2000).
It is estimated that there are more
second
languagespeakers of English than native speakers (Genesee,
2009), and there are as many bilingual children as there are
monolingual children (Paradis, Genesee, & Crago, 2011). It
means that many children are being raised as bilinguals. Sometimes
bilingualism is required for them, because the childrens parents
may not speak a dominant language fluently. The dominant language
is the language that is the someones strongest language, and
people feel more comfortable when they are speaking, reading, and
writing in that language. Therefore, the child may learn one
language at home and he/she can learn another at school. But
sometimes bilingualism is a preference. Because parents may want to
expose their children to another language, even if they do not know
and speak a second language.
Children usually learn to be bilingual by hearing and
speaking two languages. Children might hear one or more languages
at
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The sequential
acquisition may be experienced if children immigrate to another
country where a language is spoken rather than their own language.
The sequential acquisition may also occur if the children solely
speak their native language at home until they begin school, where
they see any other language for the first time.
The core difference between these two types of bilingual
language acquisitionis that simultaneous bilingualism refers to
acquire two or more languages at the same time, and sequential
bilingualism refers to acquire one language and then subsequently
acquire another
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