Formation of the bilingual personality of a child in the family: Philosophical reflection

Abstract

© 2019, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved. The present paper discusses the formation of a bilingual environment that builds the child’s personality in the family space. The authors substantiate the thesis that, in modern conditions of linguistic diversity and intensive mutual influence of various languages, the command of several languages is an essential condition for the development of thought and a guarantee for dialogue in the space of different ethnic groups. The criteria for conceiving a thought in a language is the ability to formulate sentences or texts directly in a given language, as opposed to a translation of a statement, previously constructed in another language.