What is Bilingualism?

Hi there, greetings to all my third and fourth year learners. I hope you are doing fine. Here I am uploading the topic of the Conversational Club for this week, I do consider it is interesting and convenient for us to study and discuss it

People use the term “bilingualism” in different ways. For some, it means an equal ability to communicate in two languages. For others, it simply means the ability to communicate in two languages, but with greater skills in one language. In fact,it is more common for bilingual people, even those who have been bilingual since birth, to be somewhat "dominant" in one language.

The following three types of bilingualism are usually used by researchers to describe bilingual children:

1. Simultaneous bilingualism: Learning two languages as "first languages". That is, a person who is a simultaneous bilingual goes from speaking no languages at all directly to speaking two languages. Infants who are exposed to two languages from birth will become simultaneous bilinguals.
2. Receptive bilingualism: Being able to understand two languages but express oneself in only one. Children who had high exposure to a second language throughout their lives, but have had little opportunity to use the language would fall in this category. For example, many children in Chinese or Mexican immigrant households hear English on TV, in stores and so on, but use their home language (Chinese or Spanish) in everyday communication. When they enter preschool or kindergarten, these children are likely to make rapid progress in English because their receptive language skills in English has been developed.
3. Sequential bilingualism: Learning one language after already established a first language. This is the situation for all those who become bilingual as adults, as well as for many who became bilingual earlier in life.

Hey!!! wake up and smell the coffee my dear second year students...This information is important for you all. Here I am publishing the contents of the English subject for these first three months. They are arranged in order of presentation:

• Simple present, uses and forms.
• Possessive pronouns.
• Countable and non countable nouns.
• Imperatives.
• Structures of existence (some and any).
• How much and How many.
• Expressions of quantity. 

I am positive this information will be useful for you to organize your

schedule and study with enough time!!!

As soon as possible I will be uploading some links for you to practice!!!

Let´s start with some important tips!!!
Learn at least two words per day, use your dictionary. I always say, it is the English student´s best friend.

It is important to remember that to know a word implies recognize its written form, pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms and how to put it in context.    

Welcome on board!!!

Hello my dear students!!! I hope you´re doing really well. I have taken some time to give this important step, to create my own blog!!! This useful tool will be used to publish interesting tips about the learning process of English as a foreign language,

Welcome to this try to make English learning an exciting experience, thanks for sharing this with me!!!