The eighteenth week / the bilingualism hypothesis – twenty-sixth post

week's results?

Well, errmm. After a heavy week, no new sentences were input into the old cranium. However, as ever, movies with spanish subtitles and conversation with native speakers here

Bilingualism

one thing that sparked this week is that there might be two types of bilingualism.

Those from birth and those from any other period.

Type 1 bilingualism - From birth means that the child has authentic native input in a given language. If it isnt before 15 months (there is a reason for this time period, but more on this later) nor is the language input maintained, the child will have to settle for being with the rest of the herd in the second lot.

Type 2 bilingualism – after 15 months, as the child as established a language reference bank, the infants brain will always contrast any new input against existing input. Meaning that children of this age are in the same predicament as adults attempting to learn a new language. Although children can throw more years at the endeavour.

Implications?

Well, just that unless there is a native speaker of the desired language in the house, the child must undergo the same process as an adult. Whilst a adult doesnt have the extra time to dedicate to learning, the brain of an adult is much more mature and able to streamline the process

next week?

Another 10 expressions, comics, conversations, etc.