Balanced-bilinguals (very high or near-nativelike proficient in both languages) may have different or varying degrees of dominance in the two languages over their lifetime.

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

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“Balanced-bilinguals” (very high or near-nativelike proficient in both languages) may have different or varying degrees of dominance in the two languages over their lifetime.

A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The state of being equally proficient in both English and one’s MTL is known as “balanced bilingualism”. Besides being able to communicate with people from around the world, some studies have also shown that balanced bilingualism may relate to children’s improved socio-emotional well-being and cognitive functioning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bilingual subjects can be divided according to their linguistic competence in both languages. Thus, a balanced bilingual would be a person who is equally highly competent in both languages, whereas a dominant bilingual is more competent in one of the languages than the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -First, a bilingual who is equally and highly competent in both languages in all four domains (reading, writing, understanding, and speaking) is very rare (balanced bilingualism).

Detailed explanation-4: -Most bilingual individuals have a “dominant”, or stronger language, and a “non-dominant”, or weaker language (Genesee et al., 1995). In some bilingual families, family members share the same dominant language, while in others, family members have different dominant languages.

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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE