Bilingualism

== =**Bilingualism**= Arianna Scott


 * Bilingualism**: a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. (as defined by www.dictionary.com).

People may be bilingual for a number of different reasons including:
 * Parents who migrate to a country speaking a language other than their native language. Their children will generally become bilingual in both their native language, and the official language of the new country. In this phenomena, the tier generally goes as follows:
 * First Generation: Monolingual (ie: Spanish)
 * Second Generation: Bilingual (ie. English and Spanish)
 * Third Generation & on: Monolingual (ie: Englsh)
 * All of these people have the potential for speaking the contact language of Spanglish.
 * Language requirements in education (see: [|Bilingual Education Timeline])
 * Living in a nation that has more than one official language (ex: Bolivia, France, Canada,Paraguay).


 * Interview with a Multilingual Speaker**

Name: Mariam Kanso. Age: 18 Location: Oregon

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Mariam is a fluent speaker of English, Arabic, and French. In the video she explains what language means to her, how she feels about being multilingual, and talks about the choices that she makes about language on a day to day basis.

"multilingualism." //The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition//. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 04 Dec. 2008. .