Is communication/language development different in children who are raised in bilingual or multilingual households?
Research indicates that young children who are raised in bilingual or multilingual households are not at a disadvantage when learning language. Nonetheless, the very early expression of language as it is being learned by the young child in a bilingual/multilingual household may vary somewhat from those children who are raised in a monolingual environment. There are many variations of a bilingual/multilingual household that might impact the language learning process in the very young child. For example: • Children within a non-English monolingual family (where the child watches television in English) • Children within a bilingual or multilingual family • Children who receive regular care in a language environment other than the language of the family It is possible that receptive and expressive language skills may develop at different rates across the various languages in a child learning language in a bilingual/multilingual environment. A young child in a bilingual/multilingual environ
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