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Título :	Issues on raising a bilingual child in Costa Rica: a myth or a reality?
Palabras clave :	Educación;BILINGUALISM;BFLA;ML@H;OPOL;FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION;FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION;CODE MIXING;CODE-SWITCHING
Editorial :	Universidad de Costa Rica
Descripción :	This article deals with main issues concerning bilingualism and bilingual first language acquisition (BFLA). A review of the literature is presented on how children learn languages. In addition, this paper summarizes what bilingualism is and addresses how the One-parent One-language (OPOL) and the Minority Language at Home (ML@H) methods work. The paper includes sample testimonies of Itzel, a three-year-old child, raised with these methods. It also illustrates samples of her code-switching and code-mixing as part of her evolution in bilingual first language acquisition. Based on this evolution, there is some evidence that a child can become bilingual under foreign language conditions. Finally, the article reflects on the decisive role that dedication, consistency and effort have as crucial components to accomplish BFLA.
URI :	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/144752
Otros identificadores :	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44720020002
Aparece en las colecciones:	Instituto de Investigación en Educación - INIE/UCR - Cosecha

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