Short Essay on Bilingualism
Bilingualism is very important in our society. Linguistic diversity is the norm not the exception. Bilingualism is present in every country of the world. English gradually is becoming the universal language.
Some citizens of Spain are bilingual because a small fraction of the total speaks Catalan, Basque and Galician. The spread of English is one reason why an increasing number of people in Spain and in the world are bi- or multilingual.
At the same time the government wants to improve English in schools, because of, they have passed new laws for education to change teaching methods. They want bilingual schools with a good level in English and they have started many English programs.
In spite of this, there isn’t still a good level of English in Spain. Even young people that have studied English in their schools or in universities for many years don’t have a very good level.
For this reason, it is better that children start to learn a new language when they are young because they are in a continuous state of developing their cognitive knowledge.
Short Essay on Bilingualism