Multilingual upbringing of children. A justified parenting decision

Term Paper (Advanced seminar) , 2020 , 26 Pages , Grade: 2.0

Pedagogy - Nursery Pedagogy, Early Childhood Education

This paper deals with the prejudices and fears that are still associated with multilingual education of children. It is often assumed that more than two languages (e.g. trilingual education) exceed children's abilities and that children could suffer linguistic damage as a result. This paper therefore deals with studies on multilingualism in infancy, childhood, adulthood and advanced age. It is shown that multilingualism is not harmful, but has the opposite effect: cognitive stimulation. At the same time, reference is made to the normative language development of children compared to the development of multilingual children.

Table of content:

1. Introduction

2. Reasons for multilingual upbringing of children
2.1. Child-centered motives
2.2. Parent-centered motives

3. General disadvantages of multilingualism
3.1. Advantages shown by research
3.1.1. For infants
3.1.2. For adults
3.1.3. For the elderly
3.2. Disadvantages shown by research

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion

6. List of References

• College: University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar I)
• Course: Cross-linguistic language analysis
• Grade: 2.0
• Publication Year: 2020
• Pages: 26
• Catalog Number: V1187558
• ISBN (PDF): 9783346622167
• ISBN (Book): 9783346622174
• Language: English
• Tags: sociolinguistics, multilingual upbringing, parenting, linguistics