Language Circle : Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 9, No 1 (2014): October 2014

BEING BILINGUAL IN EARLY AGES: IS IT ADVANTAGEOUS?

Kalisa, Pasca (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Dec 2014

Abstract

Age as a factor to succeed in children’s second language acquisition (SLA) has been a controversial issue for over a period of time. Some studies analyzing the issue found that age is the main factor to determine children’s success in SLA. Responding to the issue, this paper aims at exploring the notion of early bilingualim compared to monolingual children. In addition, this paper mainly focuses on the advantages of being bilingual in a earlier ages. The discussion reveals that bilingual children get more benefits in their language performance than monolingual children. As conclusion, it is suggested that “additive bilingualism” could be applied in Indonesia which English as the foreign language is used at school, while using Indonesian is still maintained at home.

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