Concept of Bilingualism | Report

Running head: BILINGUALISM
BILINGUALISM
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BILINGUALISM1
It has been correctly identified that bilingual is the ability to use two different
languages. Nonetheless, explaining bilingualism tends to be challenging as individuals with
different bilingual attributes may be categorized as bilingual (Bialystok, 2015).
The post has clearly draw insights of former study which suggested a wide-ranging
perspective of bilingualism of involving individuals who show the ability of verbally using
two languages but unable of reading or writing in both languages as well as individuals who
can read as well as write in any one of the languages. Meanwhile, the post has been accurate
in identifying underlying challenges of learning a language and greater challenges of learning
second language. De Bruin, Treccani and Della Sala (2015) have shared similar views
mentioned in the post that the importance of speaking is showed with the incorporation of
different language abilities. Speaking facilitates learners in expanding their vocabulary,
pronunciation and grammar better as compared to writing ability. However, the post has
failed to shed light on the fact that bilingualism is identified as a characteristic of individuals
but also of societies. According to Leong and Ahmadi (2017), societies wherein two
languages are primarily used on regular basis can also be recognized as bilingual. On the
other hand, the post although focused on learning second language has not process of
learning second language. Friesen et al. (2015) have identified bilingualism as an outcome of
second language (L2) learning subsequent to the attainment of second language (L1) which
has been acquired either by means of non-tutored exposure or through interactive procedures.
Furthermore, the post has provided considerable information on postponement in bilinguals’
lexical selection of components occurs because of the initial stimulation of both languages
through parallel activation of the lexical item in two languages while the bilingual gathers
understanding of the language they prefer to use to answer. The aforementioned insights are
accurate which have been supported by several studies. Additionally, Verreyt et al. (2017)
have claimed that despite of the capacity of speaking in two languages at superior levels of