Not only is a child or infant going to learn things from
adults they are going to begin putting them into practice. One important thing
that a child will learn is language and communicating with others around them. Pointed
out from the text book is when a child may be learning to apply grammar and
other skills to share what they have learned recently they may incorporate another
word from another language. As I pointed out in another blog post that my
parents are deaf; well I have found myself when talking to another individual I
might start signing something or saying something to a deaf person without
realizing that I am incorporating two languages into one. One thing stated in
the text that I found really interesting is when a child is around the age of
three they are learning to incorporate grammar in doing so there genes play an
effect on how talkative or quiet they are in the beginning. The situation would
make sense because sometimes we may find some children who would be really talkative
and talk to anyone and then on the other hand there may be children who are
quiet that are shy. For children who have the chance to learn two languages or
being bilingual I think that it is great not only will it enhance an
understanding but could contribute to learning. One term that is interesting is
balanced bilingual meaning a person is fluent in two languages but not favoring
one language over the other.
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