Myth of Bilingualism

Name : Ni Putu Dina Arini Candra Saraswati
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Myth of Bilingualism
Bilingualism leads to cognitive and linguistic delay
Cognitive and linguistic delay means a specific condition that limits children especially to
communicate with others. According to (Dimitrijevic,2022) cognitive delay defines lags in
cognitive development which affects the intellectual functioning of the child. However, the
milestone of children with pre-language development is the same in all languages. Generally,
children try to speak their first word such as saying “mama” around age one. At age two
bilingual children start to speak two-word phrases such as “my car”. If bilingual children
have cognitive delay it should occur in the first language too. A young bilingual usually
speak by mixing one part of a word from one language with parts from another language. It
seems complicated and makes it more difficult for others. However, it is not a reflection of
abnormal or delayed development. From those explanations, if children as bilingual have
cognitive delays it should occur in the first or native language too. Cognitive delay influenced
the capability of how they communicated with others despite of whether they are
monolingual or bilingual children.
Bilingualism leads to cognitive confusion
Cognitive confusion also known as mild cognitive impairment is the condition when someone
has difficulty communicating with others especially finding the right words. It causes by
several factors such as brain injury and infection. Talking about cognitive skills in bilingual
speakers, according to (Bialystok, 2007) article stated that a bilingual enhance cognitive
skills compared to monolinguals. Bialystok stated that bilingualism was influence any aspect
of the development of young children, especially the language system. It is proven by the
differences between monolinguals and bilinguals in their ability to manipulate and reflect on
structural aspects of language because of the language experience of children. Moreover, the
writer adds that bilingual children have a strong ability to control and ignore misleading
information rather than monolingual. Then, do bilingual children have more intelligence than
monolingual children? The writer stated that bilingual no more intelligence than monolingual
children. Bilingual children enhanced their ability to control the use of their knowledge in
performance.
Bilingualism is genetic
Born and living in an immigrant family or having a mastery foreign language possibly make
someone bilingual. Being bilingual isn’t an instant process without passing any learning
phase despite it being formal or informal way. According to (Li Wei,2006) someone who
speaks two languages might be because of their choice or forced by the circumstance whether
consciously or unconsciously. Li adds that there are many factors influencing someone to be
bilingual such as education, modern technology, economy, religion and culture, and political
or military acts. Therefore, bilingualism is genetic sounds senseless. A child needs a long
process to acquire his/her second language (Groesjean, 2010). He explained that children
always start as monolingually They acquire a home language and start the second language
when they start going to school.
Bilingualism is useful only if both languages are useful
Having the ability to speak more than two languages is a miracle. People can be considered
bilingual based on how fluent are they in both languages. Acquiring a foreign language is
based on who used the language itself. According to (Grosjean, 2010) someone can be
considered as bilingual if they had been pass a long process to comprehend and are equally,
and fully fluent in two languages. There are many types of bilingualism however mastery
second language must be equal as the first language. Being bilingual isn’t as simple able to
speak two languages, however, it also deals with other language components such as
grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
Attitudes do not influence linguistic development
In language learning, attitudes is one of the internal factors that influenced the success in
language learning. According to (Ratminingsih, 2019) attitudes consist of positive attitudes
and negative attitudes. A positive attitude means that the learners willing to respond and
active in the process of language learning. However negative attitudes is the condition of
students who refused and being passive. Therefore, student who has a positive attitude has
more opportunity to develop and improve their language skill especially speaking skill.
Moreover, speaking skill is part of productive skill which is soon or later student must
produce their language such as face real communication situation. The conlusion is attitudes
influence linguistic development.
REFERENCES
Bialystok, Ellen. (2007). Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism: How Linguistic
Experience Leads to Cognitive Change. Canada, Department of Psychology of York
University
Grosjean, François. (2010) Bilingual: Life and Reality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press
Grosjean, François (2010). Bilingual: Life and Reality Chapter 2. Cambridge, Mass:
Harvard University Press.
Ratminingsih, N.M (2019). Metode dan Strategi Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris.
Depok.
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