Types of Bilingualism
                     HOW MANY
TYPES
BILINGUALISM 
ARE THERE?
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BY AGE OF LEARNING
Simultaneou Sequential
s Second 
Two languages language 
from birth learned after 
first is 
established
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Balanced Dominant
Equally strong Stonger in 
in both one language
languages
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Lea rned in the Learned in Second lang uage
same environment, sepa rate contexts, lea rned through
concepts overlap concepts stored first
separately
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Receptive Productive
Understands Can read, write 
both but &
speaks mainly speak both
one
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lolal Coirnriunicaiion
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