What is Bilingualism?
The word "bilingualism" comes from these two root words.
What are "bi" and "lingualism"?
This type of bilingualism occurs when a person learns two languages in different contexts.
What is coordinate bilingualism?
Linguistic diversity means recognizing that families have different ways of doing this.
What is communicating?
Bilingual children tend to perform better in this area of problem-solving.
What is creativity?
This term describes how language helps define a person’s self-concept based on group membership.
What is social identity?
A bilingual person can speak this many languages.
What is two?
A person who learns a second language by filtering it through their native language is this type of bilingual.
What is sub-coordinate bilingualism?
This U.S. state has documented data for 75 different language groups.
What is California?
One cognitive benefit of bilingualism is better skills in this area, which helps with prioritization.
What is focus and planning?
Home Visitors should provide services in a family’s ______ language to ensure better communication and support.
What is preferred?
The broader term that includes bilingualism and multilingualism.
What is multilingualism?
When a person becomes fluent in two languages within the same context, they develop this type of bilingualism.
What is compound bilingualism?
Spanish and this Asian language are among the top languages spoken in California.
What is Vietnamese?
Long-term studies suggest that bilingualism may help delay the onset of this disease.
What is dementia?
True or False: Language and ethnic identity are unrelated.
What is False? (Language and ethnic identity are deeply interconnected.)
A person who speaks more than two languages is called this.
What is multilingual?
True or False: Societal bilingualism means only individuals in a society can speak two languages, not the whole community.
What is False? (Societal bilingualism means the whole community or country can function in two languages.)
True or False: Linguistic diversity is only about spoken languages.
What is False?
True or False: Learning two languages confuses children and slows down their learning.
What is False? (Bilingualism actually enhances cognitive and academic performance.)
Forcing a person to give up their native language in favor of a dominant language is called this.
What is language assimilation?
True or False: Bilingualism only applies to individuals, not societies.
What is False? (Societal bilingualism exists when a community or country uses two languages.)
This is the term for when an entire country officially uses two languages.
What is societal bilingualism?
Approximately this percentage of U.S. residents speak a language other than English at home.
What is 21.6%?
Encouraging children to communicate in their home language helps build this with their families.
What is stronger relationships?
This is one reason why linguistic diversity is important in early childhood education programs.
What is creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment?