1. Name:- Dave Mayuri P.
M.A. Sem-3
Roll no- 13
Paper no:- 12 English Language Teaching-1 (ELT)
Topic name:- WHAT IS BILINGUALISM?
Submitted By:- Department of English M.K.B.U

2. What is
Bilingualism?
 Bilingualism refers to the
Phenomenon of Competence
and communication in two
language.
 A Bilingualism individual is
someone who has the ability to
communicate in two language
alternately.
 A Bilingual society is one in
which two language are used for
Communication.
 Bilingual abilities involving two
languages, individuals may also
‘Bidialectal’ or
‘Biscriptural’
Abilities within one language.

3. What is Bidialectal?
Bidialectalism refer to phenomenon where by someone can
communicate in more than two dialects of the same
language.
E.g. Gujarati language has got several dialects.
Like, Kathiyavadi, Mahesani, and Amdavadi for a Gujarati
speaker.
What is Biscriptural?
Biscriptural competence is the ability to read more
than one of the same language.
E.g. The Gujarati language can be written in there are
three in the new simplified script and Traditional Complex
script.
A final definitional issue concerns the relationship between
Bilingualism and Multilingualism.

4. Multilingualism
 Multilingualism based on various
combinations of Bilingual
Competencies.
For E.g.
Individuals in a Multilingual
society could be Bilingual in the
Dominant and another non-
Dominant language.
What is Non –Dominant
Language?
The non-dominant language may
very for individuals.
Multilingual India the three language
formula,
 The Regional language and other
Mother tongue.
 Hindi or another Indian language.
 English- English as European
language.

5. The Bilingual individual is now recognized as ‘The
ultimate locus of contact’ and accepted as one of the
agents of language change arising from contact
situation.
Bilingual Education:-
The Bilingual education using both languages
are media of Instruction and/or having Bilingualism as a
goal of Education.
There are two Models are Bilingual Education:-
1. Additive Bilingualism.
2. Subtractive Bilingualism.

6. Additive Bilingualism:-
If becoming Bilingual helps learners to
develop Positive attitudes to their native
languages and themselves, the phenomenon is
called
“Additive Bilingualism.”
Subtractive Bilingualism:-
If they develop negative attitudes
towards their own languages in the process of
becoming Bilingual, then it is called
“Subtractive Bilingualism”

7. There are three types of Bilingual memory
systems:-
1). Coexistent Bilingualism.
2). Merged Bilingualism.
3). Subordinative Bilingualism.
Bilingualism video