BILINGUALISM AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN CHILDREN

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Exploration of language development in bilingual and second language acquisition in children. Survey of research and theoretical perspectives in bilingualism, second language acquisition, heritage language, and foreign language learning. Analysis of children’s language data in the different linguistic components: lexicon, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Discussion of existing myths about bilingual acquisition in children. Examination of the possible effects of bilingualism on a child’s academic achievement, cognitive development, and first language development.