trilingualism

[Erika Hoff]

Good luck. Barbara Pearson's number of 20 or 25 percent input is often
cited as necessary to be bilingual, but she only claimed that children with
less input than that were reluctant to use the language--not that they
didn't know anything. We find that children with only 20 percent input do
start to learn vocabulary, but continuing progress may not be
sustainable--nobody really knows. Just to make life difficult, I would add
that if you are classifying the children you should do it on what they
know--bilingual or trilingual input does not guarantee bilingual or
trilingual development.

Erika Hoff


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Leher Singh <leher.singh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to differentiate participants in terms of being bilingual with
> some 3rd language exposure and trilingualism. Unfortunately, the data I
> have are confined to percent breakdown of exposure to each language. Could
> anyone point me to references as to what kind of language input a child
> would have to have to each language at a minimum to be considered
> trilingual? Suggestions or criteria currently adopted by others would be
> appreciated!
>
> Best wishes,
> Leher
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