ELT - 1 task 1 Bilingualism, Trilingualism and multilingualism

Task 1 : Bilingualism, trilingualism and multilingualism

Bilingualism : Bilingualism ( or more generally : multilingualism) is the phenomenon of speaking and understanding two or more languages. The term can refer to individuals ( individual bilingualism) as well as to an entire society ( social bilingualism).

Multilingualism : multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers, outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population

Trilingualism : Trilingualism (uncountable) the condition of being trilingual ; the ability to speak three language.

A person who is able to use three languages, especially with equal fluency.

Hello

Spanish : Hola

French : Bonjour

Goodbye

Spanish : adio's

Japanese : sayonara

Italian : addio

Enjoy

Spanish : disfrutar

Germen : geniben

=) Thank youu.... :)

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