"Bilingual children with relatively equal exposure to English and Spanish averaged more errors than did bilingual children who were predominantly exposed to English."
- from English Speech Sound Development in Preschool-Aged Children From Bilingual English-Spanish Environments, Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools; Jul2008, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p314-328, 15p, 4 charts, 2 graphs
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"Historically, all languages undergo changes and mix with other languages over time "
-from McWhorter, J. H. (2001). The power of Babel: A natural history of language. New York: Times Books.
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Multilingualism is defined as “the . . . ability to use several languages to varying degrees of proficiency and for different purposes” (Beacco and Byram 2003: 8).
from Beacco, J.-C. and M. Byram (2003) Guide for the development of language education policies in Europe, Draft 1 (rev). Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Language Policy Division.
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The Common European Framework for Reference for Languages as the ability defines Multilingualism is “to use languages for the purpose of communication and to take part in intercultural action, where a person, viewed as a social agent, has proficiency, of varying degrees, in several languages and of several cultures”
- from Council of Europe (2001) Common European framework of reference for languages. Cambridge University Press
Go Teletubies. Pretty good dancers eh?
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