PSYC 341 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Baguette, Spoken Word, Socioeconomic Status
22 Jan 2015
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Slide 1: covering chapter 1 lots of information on bilingual. Research on bilingualism can inform social policy and professional practice. Slide 3: what does it mean to be bilingual see slide. There is no easy way to say oh i"m a bilingual. Aims you can get all kinds of bilinguals (acquired at young age, older age, people who understand the language but can"t speak it) Number 1 = false, 2=false, 3=false 4=false 5=false 6=false 7=false (bilinguals kids do not become confused if you speak 2 languages to them) 8= false 9=false. We don"t know the actual number of the world"s population who is bilingual. We can say that it is found in all age groups, in all levels of society and in most countries across the world even in the us. Slide 8: there are many more languages than countries. Each group must learn the other"s language (least common)
