Bilingualism, Multilingualism and Plurilingualism

Bilingualism is the ability to build understandable utterances in any of the

languages known.

• True

• False

The types of bilingualism are:

• Compound

• Cooperative

• Subordinate

• Empirical

• Coordinate

''A kid who has parents with different nationalities and

grow up with two different languages.'' This is an example of...

• Subordinate bilingualism

• Compound bilingualism

• Coordinate bilingualism

One of the following sentences is NOT a difference between bilinguality and bilingualism.

• Bilingualism involves society and bilinguality the individual.

• Bilinguality involves the ability of an individual to acquire and use a second language.

• Bilinguality is learn empirical and bilingualism through teory.

• Bilingualism involves the ability to build understandable utterances in any of the languages known.

Write down two benefits of being Bilingual:

What is multilingualism?

• The ability to write in a second language.

• Refers to the effect on society as a whole.

• The ability to use several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers.

• Being able to déak to languages perfectly.

''A Latino family living in the United States speaks Spanish at home but when they are outside they speak English to communicate with others.'' Is an example of...

• Bilinguality

• Multilingualism

• Bilingualism

• None of above

One of the following is NOT a cause of Multilingualism

• Migration

• Globalization

• Immigration

• Cultural contact

• Annexation

''Speakers are as proficient in one

language as they are in others and have as much knowledge of and control over one language as they have of the others.'' Is referring to...

• MAXIMAL MULTILINGUALISM

• MINIMAL MULTILINGUALISM

What is the main difference between bilingualism and multilingualism?

• Bilingualism is the ability to understand two languages and multilingualism is the ability to communicate in two languages.

• Bilingualism is the ability to acquire and use two languages and multilingualism is the ability to speak two languages.

• Bilingualism is the ability to communicate in two languages and multilingualism is is connected to situations where in multiple languages exist side-by-side in a society but are used separately.

• None of the above.