Multilingual (Group 3) by Dr Chen Wenli https://padlet.com/chen_wenli/multilingual_g3 Someone says that children who are multilingual will be linguistically delayed in one language compared to children who speak just one language. Do you agree or disagree? Why? en-us 2019-10-22 08:12:23 UTC 2025-10-26 17:00:35 UTC hello@padlet.com References xiaolin0028 https://padlet.com/chen_wenli/multilingual_g3/wish/402398331
Center for Applied Linguistics，2006
Although many parents believe that bilingualism results in language delay, research suggests that monolingual and bilingual children meet major language developmental milestones at similar times.

Cornell Language Acquisition Lab
Although some parents and educators may have concerns about the potential for confusion, research indicates that bilingual children do not suffer language confusion, language delay, or cognitive deficit.

“It has been scientifically proven that bilingual children do not suffer from a delay in speech…it is more a question of development,” she says. A bilingual child could end up being a late speaker just like any monolingual child, “but it is not due to the fact that the child speaks two languages.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp2Fvkt-TRM
Dr. Naja Ferjan Ramirez is a researcher studying the brain processing of language in infants and young children. In her talk, she showcases the latest techniques to study the infant brain and explains why all babies have the full potential to learn two languages at the same time. She discusses the benefits of bilingual environments for language and brain development and describes what it takes to create bilingual minds. 
]]> 2019-10-25 03:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chen_wenli/multilingual_g3/wish/402398331 Synergised vivien_naomi_lee https://padlet.com/chen_wenli/multilingual_g3/wish/402400134 Disagree
1. Scientific research proves otherwise. They will meet major language developmental milestones at similar times.
2. Multilingual training is beneficial to brain development
3. Easier to learn at a young age, than older.
4. It is better to multilingual because exposure allows the child to have another mode of thinking.
5. Delay depends heavily also on environmental factors.
6. Cannot determine one's proficiency from such a young age. Who knows what will happen in future? 未来难测啊~

Agree
1. Interference between both languages]]> 2019-10-25 03:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chen_wenli/multilingual_g3/wish/402400134