1. TYPES
1.1. INDIVIDUAL
1.1.1. TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES
1.2. SOCIETAL
1.2.1. TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES IN A GIVEN COUNTRY
2. DEGREE OF BILINGUALISM
2.1. PASSIVE
2.1.1. PEOPLE LOSE THEIR COMPETENCE OF THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE OF DISUSE
2.1.2. IT IS COMMON ON IMMIGRANT GROUPS
2.1.3. LOSE PRODUCTIVE SKILLS BUT KEEP RECEPTIVE SKILLS
2.2. SEMILINGUALS
2.2.1. DEFICIT IN COMPETENCES SUCH AS
2.2.1.1. SIZE OF VOCABULARY
2.2.1.2. CORRECTNESS OF LANGUAGE
2.2.1.3. LANGUAGE CREATION
2.2.1.4. MASTERY OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LANGUAGE (EMOTIVE,COGNITIVE)
3. CONTEXT OF BILINGUALISM LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
3.1. NATURAL BILINGUALISM
3.1.1. CHILD ACQUIRES BOTH LANGUAGES
3.2. SCHOOL BILINGUALISM
3.2.1. CHILD ACQUIRES THE LANGUAGE AT THE SCHOOL
3.3. FUSED SETTING
3.3.1. CHILD IS EXPOSED IN BOTH LANGUAGES
3.4. SEPARATE SETTING
3.4.1. FATHER MODELS ONE LANGUAGE AND THE MOTHER ANOTHER DIFFERENT
4. AGE OF ACQUISITION
4.1. ACQUIRE A LANGUAGE CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR ADULTS
4.2. FOR CHILD IS EASIER TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE
5. THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT CAN INFLUENCE IN THE ACQUISITION
5.1. NEUROLOGICAL
5.2. APTITUDES
5.3. ATTITUDE
5.4. IDENTITY AND MOTIVATION
5.5. NATURE OF EXPOSURE
6. DOMAIN AND USE OF EACH LANGUAGE
6.1. INTERLOCUTORS
6.1.1. A LANGUAGE RELATIONSHIP TENDS TO EVOLVE NATURALLY. AND ONCE ESTABLISHED, IT IS USUALLY NOT EASY TO ALTERJ
6.2. PLACE OR LOCATION
6.2.1. WORK, HOME AND THE PHYSICAL LOCATION, ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND YOU
6.3. TOPIC
6.3.1. LANGUAGE OF TECHNICAL DISCOURSE OR COOKING, GARDENING
7. SOCIAL ORIENTATION
7.1. ATTITUDES THAT INFLUENCE
7.1.1. ATTITUDES OF BILINGUALS TOWARD THEIR BILINGUAL STATUS
7.1.2. ATTITUDES TOWARD THE LARGER COMMUNITY
7.1.3. ATTITUDES OF THEIR LARGER COMMUNITY TOWARD THEM AND THEIR BILINGUAL STATUS
8. ADDITIVE VS. SUBTRACTIVE BILINGUALISM
8.1. SUBTRACTIVE
8.1.1. WITHOUT HELP OF THE FIRST LANGUAGE, THE LEARNING OF A NEW ONE, COULD LOSE THE FIRST LANGUAGE
8.2. ADDITIVE
8.2.1. IS A HELPFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST LANGUAGE AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND LANGUAGE RESULTS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF BOTH.H