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Improving chances of being bilingual
frequency
of usage of both languages - various
contexts
Improving chances of being bilingual - mode of acquisition
Native
Bilingualism - growing up in 2 language
environment
Immersion
-
schooling
in a non-native language
Submersion
- learning
surrounded
by non-native speakers
Language exposure - language order
early
exposure (
critical
period)
simultaneous
early
sequential
(most common) - learning 2nd
after
1st
late
sequential - 3nd learned
later
in life - post
adolescence
Language exposure -
languages =
interconnected
&
influence
each other
L1 - Increasing
proficiency
in L2 may have
negative
effects on L1
= decreased
fluency
, vocabulary,
accuracy
in L1
L2 Proficiency = may not reach
same
level
as
L1
deficits in
vocabulary
,
grammar
,
fluency
mix
elements of both = language
interchange
,
code-switching
Critical period - language = biologically triggered behaviour
shares
characteristics
with
biologically
triggered behaviour
development begins before
necessary
& doesn't require
conscious
intention, unfolds in
stages
& may have an
optimal
period for development.
critical period - non-human
imprinting
in ducks
visual
orientation
selectively in cats
song
learning in some birds
visuo-motor
co-ordination in barn owls
Event related fMRI
Adoptees & French Ss scanned while
listening
to sentences in French, Japanese, Polish
comparisons
between groups don't show any
significant
differences