What is Bilingualism?

[@ЕкатеринаЧ-х3е]

Thnanks for this amazing introductiry lecture on bilingualism, very informative and entertaining 😊

[@saidfarid6382]

Hi professor
Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I love your way of teaching and excellent explication.
I really appreciate your job.
I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity.
Your Student from Algeria.

[@deniszubalov5756]

Hi Said, thanks for the kind comment :) Best regards!

[@AyuSuriati]

Thanks for your great explanation~

[@erimurrieta981]

Lovely video! Blessings from Mexico!!! Thanks 🙏🏻

[@deniszubalov5756]

Thank you! Hope you found the video useful :)

[@fatemehsh5428]

Hi there. Thx for ur informative video. Would u pls answer the quiz Qs ?

[@smartshot8232]

One can just listen not paying attention to the content, just listening to the pronunciation)

[@martinusrudi899]

Thank u

[@daniilalriggov958]

Thanks 🙏

[@nlnirwijayanti7128]

Really nice explanation

[@deniszubalov5756]

Thanx :)

[@rahimaadel3836]

Your accent is really awesome 😘💕

[@deniszubalov5756]

Thanks :)

[@leonidleonid7522]

Learn English with papa , very similar tone, pace etc) followed his suite?

[@Ayaomari19-b2p]

I want to work on this topic in my research what do you think 🤔

[@someperson9536]

What level of proficiency does a person need to achieve in both languages in order to be considered bilingual? What if a person is a beginner in a second language? Can he be considered bilingual?

[@deniszubalov5756]

Thanks for your question, there is no one single definition of bilingualism, and for this reason scholars find it difficult to come to a consensus on this matter. Some argue that it is enough to possess limited knowledge and basic communication skills in the 2nd language, others argue that all skills should be developed to a high level so that one can be considered a bilingual.

[@someperson9536]

@@deniszubalov5756 Thank you.

[@sofiajuhar394]

Thanks for the video :) followed the link but couldn't watch the guy for long 🙉 I thought about those people from India who speak English as native speakers but their accent 🤦🏻‍♀️ so what's the correct answer?
And what about close languages, like Czech and Slovak? Are those who speak both from birth are bilinguals?

[@deniszubalov5756]

Hi Sofia, thanks for your interesting questions. 1. The crazyrussiandad from the video (following the link) can definitely be seen as bilingual because he's quite fluent in Russian and English despite the fact that he's got heavy Russian accent when speaking English. 2. I'm not an expert in Czech and Slovak, but if we assume that these two constitute two dialects of the same language (linguistically speaking), then we can argue that the person speaking these two language variants can be seen as bidialectal.

[@ruwanwijesinghe5717]

Thanks

[@thescarlethunter2160]

I have 3 languages under my belt, although 2 of them are native ones

[@deniszubalov5756]

Hi, thanks for sharing this info, what are your 2 native languages? and how/where did you learn your 3rd language?

[@thescarlethunter2160]

@@deniszubalov5756
--Native--
- Bisaya
( with a smidge of spanish )
- Filipino
--Foreign--
- English

[@thescarlethunter2160]

@@deniszubalov5756 - Filipino and English is mandatory to in Schools while Bisaya is spoken mostly in the house

[@sottovoce1]

Спасибо, интересно! Где монтируете видео?

[@deniszubalov5756]

Монтирую сам

[@Иринаирина-ъ8ь2ч]

Какая дикция, начну изучать английский, чтобы понимать о чем речь