THE CONCEPT OF BILINGUALISM
Abstract
Purpose. Our research claims to identify the concept of bilingualism. What is it, is it an advantage or disadvantage, some types of bilingualism, bilingual education, discussing some terms, which are related to the topic. Such important tasks as considering the term of bilingualism, differentiate different types of bilingualism, which is a crucial task in order to reveal the topic, because bilingualism has a deeper meaning and sense, as in dictionaries. Also we need to discuss how it is common in our everyday life, various patterns of obtaining the languages for certain type of bilinguals, functioning of a bilingualism in additional language learnings. The materials are based upon the researches of the scientists on this topic, linguistic literature is its source. Methods. The research was done with the help of such successive methods, which include both empirical and theoretical approaches such as: systematic analysis of the scientific literature on the topic, explanation of terms, description of patterns of bilinguals, its functions in education, and also in studying optional languages, classification of types of bilingualism, its difference, also deduction about certain behaviour and the consequences on our brain and mind, if we are bilinguals. Results. Considering that article`s tasks and such points as types of bilingualism, bilingual education and its types of bilingualism due to certain kind of it, advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism, different patterns of bilingualism in the society and home language bilingualism, the role of bilingualism in an additional language learning or third language acquisition, we can convey that bilingualism is an integral part of our lives, which has many advantages, such as the development of logical thinking, greater diversity of vocabulary use etc. Among the disadvantages, the main one is that bilinguals are typically slower than monolinguals. The types of bilingualism have shown how different it can be according to the specific domains in which a person is located and how it can change. Patterns of home language bilingualism demonstrate certain types of language use, which exist in bilingual families today. The role of bilingualism in the third language acquisition has a positive impact on our brain and taking the tests because of better results than in monolinguals. So, considering this issue, the role of bilingualism won’t be underrated. Conclusions. The bilingualism`s role in learning languages further has a lot of positive impact. This issue is inexhaustible, because of its complicated task for scientists to prove different points of view. There are a lot of types of bilingualism, considering the bilingual education as an integral part in honing skills in both languages.
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