Bilingual Development in Childhood de Houwer Annick
Bilingual Development in Childhood de Houwer Annick In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. In early childhood hitherto monolingual…
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Bilingual Development in Childhood de Houwer Annick
In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. In early childhood hitherto monolingual children start hearing a second language through daycare or preschool (Early Second Language Acquisition). Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilingual First Language Acquisition).
This Element explains how these different language learning settings dynamically affect bilingual children's language learning trajectories. Yet other hitherto monolingual children in middle childhood may acquire a second language only after entering school (Second Language Acquisition). All children eventually learn to speak the societal language, but they often do not learn to fluently speak their non-societal language and may even stop speaking it.
Children's and families' harmonious bilingualism is threatened if bilingual children do not develop