Research Article
Bilingual Children: The Benefits and Challenges
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.27-8-2020.2303194, author={Andarini Permata Cahyaningtyas}, title={Bilingual Children: The Benefits and Challenges}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Islamic Civilization, ICIC 2020, 27th August 2020, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIC}, year={2020}, month={12}, keywords={language bilingual monolingual children code switching}, doi={10.4108/eai.27-8-2020.2303194} }- Andarini Permata Cahyaningtyas
Year: 2020
Bilingual Children: The Benefits and Challenges
ICIC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-8-2020.2303194
Abstract
Indonesia is a large country with different languages and cultures. That is why the obligation to master national language besides regional language and intercultural marriage are two of some reasons that Indonesian children have been being bilinguals since they were born. Therefore, this study aims to find the benefit to be bilinguals and what kind of challenges do they have to face. This is a library research that the data were collected by analysing journals and books. The result of this study showed that bilingual children experience some benefits compared to monolinguals, such as understanding two separate language systems and grammar principles, having better working memory and executive functioning, and mastering more receptive vocabulary. Meanwhile, the challenges they need to face are that they have to deal with code switching.
