Category: Bilingualism

Although English is not the most spoken language in the world, it is overwhelmingly the most studied language and is also the most common second language. Brought over from Britain hundreds of years ago, English is now the most common language in the United States of America. In 2019, the topic of immigration in the…

Language can define a community in a negative way by making those who do not speak the language well or overall can not understand it, feel left out and alienated from the members of the community. However, language can define a community in a positive way by empowering cultural values and embracing ones ethnicity and…

Exploring the text questions- According to Richard Rodriguez language can define a community positively by allowing intimacy with people with that same language. For example, it allowed Rodriguez to feel in a way that he was safe and that he was comfortable hearing the same language in his household. It can define a community negatively…

Introduction: The Multifaceted Advantages of Bilingualism Famous psycholinguist Frank Smith once said, One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. In today’s modern global world where it is possible to communicate with anyone anywhere on the planet at any time, there are still a few barriers…