Essays on Bilingualism

With inconsistent results from various studies, identifying and quantifying the bilingual advantage, if there indeed is one, has become an increasingly controversial field of debate. Whilst initial studies proved promising; the bilingual advantage has more consistent null hypotheses with larger sample sizes and more robust...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between Bilingualism and English learning and speaking anxiety. As, the research is concerned with the students of English department students of Karachi University who are suffering from speaking anxiety. Bilingualism and English language learning anxiety...

In the original version of Ferguson’s model, ‘bilingualism’ referred to the coexistence of two unrelated languages within one speech community. In more recent literature, this term is used as a psycholinguistic term referring to a speaker’s proficiency in two or more languages. The existence of...

As globalization brings more and more diverse cultures together, it also brings along their languages; thus has bilingualism become more and more prevalent in modern-day society. Bilingualism is found to have advantages and disadvantages — while bilingualism can result in a more limited vocabulary, lower...

Language is a very important aspect of our lives. We use it to be able to converse with other individuals for enjoyment, convey your message to others and to learn new information. In current times, it is very common for people to be bilingual or...

Nowadays, some people in Puerto Rico consider bilingualism a waste of time and knowledge. Indeed, they consider their language of origin as the most important in comparison to the ones from foreign countries. However, the world it’s changing at a pace so rapidly, in which...

Learning a new language is no easy feat, especially when one has to learn it unwillingly and with an egregious sense of dread and misery. This is no doubt what Manuel Munoz and Richard Rodriguez had to go through when they had to assimilate into...

What does it take to be an American? Becoming an American may seem simple and easy, but the cold truth exposes the impact of what it takes to become accepted as one. Assimilation is the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a...

Before further analysis is made, we have to understand the meaning of bilingualism in communities, stable bilingualism, as well as unstable bilingualism. Bilingualism means the ability when two languages are used in a way that is effective by a community or an individual.  Stable bilingualism...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between Bilingualism and English learning and speaking anxiety. As, the research is concerned with the students of English department students of Karachi University who are suffering from speaking anxiety. Bilingualism and English language learning anxiety...