These days, people who can speak more than one language are considered to be highly marketable however, there are downsides to being bilingual. Discuss the pros and cons of being bilingual.

Running Head : PROS AND CONS OF BEING BILINGUAL

Pros and Cons of Being Bilingual

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Pros and Cons of Being Bilingual

Introduction

Learning the language is one of the most important skills that a person should learn . Language development is the ability of infants and young children to learn a particular language . Learning the language enables a person to communicate effectively to other person and achieve understanding

Most of the children easily learn the language commonly used by people around them through interaction

and conversation . Children learn the language gradually mainly through exposure to the language they hear Parents play a significant role in the language development of their infant and young children as they are the ones who commonly interact with the child (Bowen , 1998

However , there are children who are able to learn two languages Bilingualism is the ability to utilized two languages proficiently Learning two or more languages render many benefits and advantages to the person . Being able to use two languages effectively is useful in communicating with other people speaking languages a bilingual person knows . This condition , however , both have advantages and disadvantages

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Being bilingual renders many benefits and advantages to the person Some of the advantages is having a head start in school and easily adapting to the foreign school environment . Being bilingual will also help your child to have superior reading and writing skills . They will also acquire better social , analytical and academic skills than other children who can speak...