Bilingualism
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- Created on: 21-11-20 12:10
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- Bilingualism
- Economy
- earn more money (5 to 20% more)
- bilinguals in America earn $3,000 more per annum than their monolingual counterparts
- more likely to be employed
- bilingualism has boosted Switzerland’s GDP by 10%
- earn more money (5 to 20% more)
- Society
- Child development
- easier to pick up a second language at a young age
- is it beneficial for children?
- receptive bilingualism
- Do bilingual people think/ interact differently?
- dementia symptoms start later
- Alzheimers has a lesser effect
- Education
- Discrimination in schools
- Changes in teaching methods and how students are treated
- Child development
- Historically
- it was frowned upon until recently (thought to slow development)
- signalled poverty, made you stand out
- 1926: “The use of a foreign language in the home is one of the chief factors in producing mental retardation as measured by intelligence tests.”
- it was frowned upon until recently (thought to slow development)
- Focus Question
- what does increasing bilingualism mean?
- how useful is bilingualism?
- Economy
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