GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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bilinguals
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coordinate, subordinate, compound bilinguals
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dominant, balanced bilinguals
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competence
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Detailed explanation-1: -Language dominance is most often interpreted as referring to the relative strength of a bilingual’s proficiency in each language, with the dominant language being the “more proficient” or “further developed one” (Snape & Kupisch 2016, p. 190).
Detailed explanation-2: -Dominant versus balanced bilinguals Dominant bilinguals are bilinguals who are more proficient in one language than the other. Balanced bilinguals are people who have equal proficiency in both their first language (L1) and L2.
Detailed explanation-3: -The balance theory of bilinguaHsm purports that early research on IQ and Uterary attainment supports the view of bilinguals as inferior to monolinguals. It was founded on the false assumption that the effect of increasing the additional language causes a decrease in the first language.
Detailed explanation-4: -This theory was developed by Jim Cummins, in the early 1980’s. It stated that the two languages used by an individual, though on the surface apparently separate, function through the same central cognitive system.