PSYC 3800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Second-Language Acquisition, Bilingual Education, Language Processing In The Brain

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3800
• Professor: Jen Lasenby- Lessard

Document Summary

Emergent literacy skills are critical for school readiness, regardless of the child"s language. One key factor may facilitate literacy development: growth in receptive language. Receptive language is made up of words and language structures you understand, even if you do not use them in your expressive language, the words and structures you actually use when you talk. You keep your first language and added another: subtractive bilingualism. You lose your first language when learning another: bilingual children reach the language milestones in both languages on the same schedule as monolingual children, children can fully and equally bilingual if the dual language exposure: Occurs across a wide and rich range of contexts. Is systematic, consistent, and sustained in the home and community. Second language must provide more than 25% of the child"s language input: second language learning. There is no critical period that limits the possibility of language learning of adults.