Bilingualism Matters: Myths and Facts about Early Bilingual Development - Mileidis Gort

[@marinaterrosi885]

She' s delivered a crystal clear speech about what bilingualism is. Amazing, concise.

[@florasanchez6975]

Wonderful presentation that gives a lot of relevant information in a short time.

[@gcm84]

Fantastic presentation.

[@darpaksougue6612]

Great delivery

[@someperson9536]

What level of proficiency does one need in a second language in order to be considered bilingual?

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Some consider that only someone who grows up with both languages can be called bilingual. Others simply define it as complete fluency in both. In reality people may have much richer vocabulary in one language in some domains e.g. carpentry or gardening.

[@Tsumebleraar]

Veeltaligheid by ons is 'n gegewe!

[@francisluke4739]

It can make learning difficulties more prevalent though, I'm dyslexic and being a welsh speaker made my English spelling worse or at least harder for me to notice because it wouldn't be wrong in my second language.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Are you sure it actually made it worse? English is a dyslexics nightmare. Welsh orthography is logical and phonetic, unlike English.

[@francisluke4739]

@@StillAliveAndKicking_ yes because I didn't have the English spelling rules reinforced as much also I never fully have got to grips with certain sounds that are absent or given different letters in Welsh (f,ff,th,v type sounds especially)

[@VersusThem]

So it's about having a "two tiers" language education and not receiving proper education on one of them, not the phenomenon of bilingualism in itself

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

@@francisluke4739 Fair enough but given a choice I’d speak Welsh and English. They say knowing multiple languages makes it easier to learn more. Certainly knowing French has made me more aware of English. Plus Welsh is said to be hard so best learnt young although I found Welsh pronunciation fairly easy, far more so than French.

[@ihintrr]

Nah, just depends, how important is spelling anyhow? I mean we have spell check and I can count on one hand all the spelling tests I've had in school. I got a this guy who follows my friends and I around all the time, uninvited. Bro stalked my insta to find my "hot family member" after being told to get lost. Oh on top of that bros got a Hitler obsession, screaming "HEIL HITLER" to strangers on the bus at full volume...Point is bros fucked with more then a soft touch of the 'tism. Guess what?-man immigrated here only a year ago and speaks fluent English alongside Arabic...I have ADHD and can speak nearly 5 languages (French, Spanish, English, Portuguese and German), it's possible. I'm bad at math regardless of the language of instruction, that's the way of the world. The man who gave me the ADHD gene speaks 2 languages fluently (Spanish and English). I knew this sped kid who learned Chinese and English as a baby. It depends on the commitment level, but overall it's a great investment.

[@bouldermfc]

Great info!

[@jacktoy3032]

Kids in western Europe learn more than one language. I do not think their parents are concerned about their kids learning more than one language.