9 Myths about Bilinguals

9 Myths about Bilinguals
There are many myths about who can be called a bilingual, and about the whole phenomenon of bilingualism. Here are the most common ones: Bilingualism is a rare phenomenon. Nope! According to a rough statistics calculation, more than half the world's population uses two or more languages. So in today's world, monolingualism is a more rare phenomenon. Bilingualism is common in even officially monolingual countries - it unites people of different age...

A Little Bit More about Bilingual People

A Little Bit More about Bilingual People
First of all, I would like to say that bilinguals or multilinguals are considered to be those who can use and understand several languages to some extent. A lot of people believe that in order to be like this, you must have been born and grown up in a multilingual environment, but that’s not quite true. After all, there are actually three types of bilinguals. Compound bilinguals - These are people who can perceive and understand several languages from e