The Simultaneous Bilingual Child: A Language Acquisition Study

1. Introduction

problem

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This research paper is based on the researcher’sassumption that a bilingual child acquires languagessimultaneously as influenced by some factors such as thechild’s social environment.

aims for the paper

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This paper attempts to: (1) present the profile of the simultaneous bilingual child; (2)Identify the factors affecting the bilingual child’s acquisition oflanguages; and (3) Determine the implication of simultaneousbilingualism to the development of language and cognition.

thesis statement

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bilingual child acquires languagessimultaneously as influenced by some factors such as thechild’s social environment. This includes the family, the media

evidence

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For most children, ages 18months - 24 months, it is expected that their language is intelligibleor comprehensible.

2. Discussion

goal 1

background evidence previous research

profile - stages of bilingual acquisition and characteristics

goal 2

fcators

strategies

Goal 3

vygostkys view of culture and its implication on language acquisition (LA)

3. Conclusion

stages

environment

L.A as port of social interaction (culture)