4-2 Stages Bilingual Development

4-2 Stages Bilingual Development

1. stage 1 (12-24)

   • less mixing
   • lang. dominance shift
     • depending on environ.
   • avoids hard words weak lang.

2. stage 2 (2+)

   • misextensions (cinta)
   • spanglish
   • lang. mixing

3. stage 3 (2.5-3.5)

   • mixing rare
   • 2 lang. awareness
   • code switching