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Bilingualism    

A bilingual person is anyone with communicative skills in two languages, be it active or passive.

Double-click on any word to see its definition from Cambridge Dictionaries Online

magazine article: "Being the mother of two potentially bilingual children (the youngest is only three months old) and the teacher of French and English bilingual children, this subject is very important to me.." Read article

word game: Foreign words. There are many words we use in English that come from or are adapted from other languages. Match words to their languages of origin. Play game (1) and game (2)

story: Scarlett. Scarlett is twelve years old and is trying to understand the world around her. She asks questions about everything, all the time. She also says that she already knows five languages. Find out how … Read story

cartoon: "I don't seem to be very good at learning foreign languages." "Why don't you try Russian?" "Because ... " See cartoon

trivia: Wordplay. The word VETO is the same in at least 24 languages. See more bilingualism trivia

links: Wikipedia: bilingual See more links

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