Children that grow up bilingually often interpret naturally between their two languages. This has been shown to be so in a variety of language pairs, regardless of children's social and family situations and both within the family context as well as between the family and society (e.g. Álvarez de la Fuente and Fernández Fuertes 2012. "How two…

Reports on a longitudinal study of the acquisition of English-German bilingualism by two Australian-born children who communicated with the father in German and with others in English. The problems of creating and fostering bilingualism under such circumstances is examined. Communication patterns within the family are also discussed. (Author/PJM)