Bilingual children are more likely to have delayed language development than are monolingual children.

In this , I was interested in exploring whether or not bilingual children were more likely to have delayed language development compared to their monolingual peers . I looked at several resources that each focused on a different aspect of language development . All the information came from noted experts in the field of child development although the types of resources differed . I began with an article that sorted through much of the existing data on bilingualism in to create a foundation for the subject . Then I looked at additional readings to see whether or

not they supported the information from that source

The first article , by Ellen Bialystok , is itself a review of existing literature and studies regarding the acquisition of literacy among children who have been bilingual since birth . She writes that most research focuses on literacy development for learners in their second language , second language literacy in monolinguistics or the cognitive and linguistic aspects of achieving fluency in a second language Studies that look at how true bilingual learners acquire necessary skills for reading and writing are few , but among those that she reviews , important discoveries may provide insight into how those children can achieve literacy

Children need three language skills before they can learn to read and write . They must have an oral competency with the literary forms of a language , an understanding of the symbolic meanings of print , and the metalinguistic awareness of phonology . This information comes from studies of monolinguistic children , but each of these...