Определение двуязычия и многоязычия
Лучшее для меня, имеющее смысл на глубоком интуитивном уровне определение что есть двуязычие... Да, конечно же, дело вовсе не во владении в совершенстве! Весь смысл языка как такового всегда -- в общении. "Язык -- это общение" (Михаил Бахтин, гениальный русский филолог). Никогда не забуду, как моя трехлетняя тогда дочь сидела между своими русскими (одноязычными) бабушкой и дедушкой и новым для нее тогда человеком (ставшим впоследствии моим мужем), дочка, которая росла с самого рождения, и даже еще до него, в многоязычной ситуации, ПОНЯЛА, ПОЧУВСТВОВАЛА, что они друг друга не понимают -- у них нет общего языка! И она начала переводить -- никто не просил ее об этом, никому и в голову не пришло б, да и английский ее разговорный тогда был совсем в зачаточном состоянии, но вот она ПОНЯЛА, что им нужен этот языковой мостик, и она им таким мостиком в тот момент стала!
Итак, определение (цитата с сайта Русско-американской школы (www.russianamericanschool.org/bilingual_education.html)
What is Bilingualism?
"First of all, it's a gift! A gift for the children, a gift for life. Probably one of the best gifts you can give your child. It will stay with your child for the rest of his or her life and will be of great use.
Let's have a look at what bilingualism is in the academic world...
There's a guy called Francois Grosjean who defines: "Bilingual are those, who use more than one language in their daily life, not only those who do so in perfect equivalent levels".
What is interesting about that?
Well, most people when you ask them what bilingualism is, they say "Well, someone who speaks two languages perfectly". And isn't it interesting that that's not at all what bilingualism is? It's actually about using the languages daily - two languages or more than that (which makes you multilingual).
It's about using languages, because another language is not something that you can put in a museum, it is something that you are meant to use to communicate. And if you do that daily that makes you bilingual."
- from author of "Make Your Child Multilingual !: The 10 Step Success Plan to Raising Bilingual / Multilingual Children" and www.themlnetwork.com
Итак, определение (цитата с сайта Русско-американской школы (www.russianamericanschool.org/bilingual_education.html)
What is Bilingualism?
"First of all, it's a gift! A gift for the children, a gift for life. Probably one of the best gifts you can give your child. It will stay with your child for the rest of his or her life and will be of great use.
Let's have a look at what bilingualism is in the academic world...
There's a guy called Francois Grosjean who defines: "Bilingual are those, who use more than one language in their daily life, not only those who do so in perfect equivalent levels".
What is interesting about that?
Well, most people when you ask them what bilingualism is, they say "Well, someone who speaks two languages perfectly". And isn't it interesting that that's not at all what bilingualism is? It's actually about using the languages daily - two languages or more than that (which makes you multilingual).
It's about using languages, because another language is not something that you can put in a museum, it is something that you are meant to use to communicate. And if you do that daily that makes you bilingual."
- from author of "Make Your Child Multilingual !: The 10 Step Success Plan to Raising Bilingual / Multilingual Children" and www.themlnetwork.com