Bilingualism

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This paper discusses how different ethnic and cultural groups influence the process of bilingualism. The paper focuses on the effect that bilingualism has on children. The paper identifies immigration and intermarriage as the two main ways that children become bilingual. The paper distinguishes between two different kinds of bilingualism: fluent bilingualism, if a child speaks both languages fluently; and limited bilingualism, if a child doesn't speak any of the languages well.

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"In the discussion part of the paper Schecter discussed the relationship between family language environment and the development of bilingualism in different sociolinguistic contexts. She also pointed out the importance of parents' attitude toward bilingual education and success of their children in bilingualism. Parents experience the events associated with language use day-to-day life as enablers of, or constraints to, the maturation of their children's identities as social and cultural beings."

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