Jodesa Sorolla September 15, 2022

BSED 2-A

ELT 2 MODULE (LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

AND POLICIES IN MULTILINGUAL
SOCIETIES)

Task 3b Advantages and Disadvantages of Bilingualism and Multilingualism

Outline the advantages and disadvantages of having more than one language. Upload a Pdf
file of the chart below showing at least 5 advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism and
multilingualism.

Bilingualism and Multilingualism

Advantages Disadvantages

• Able to understand the languages when • Decreased vocabulary in both or more

traveling. languages.

• More job opportunities depending on the
type of languages you speak and it is an
advantage when you can communicate
with foreign clients.
• Increase in social skills because you can
understand more people than being
monolingual.
• Appreciate other cultures rather than one’s
own culture. Learning their culture is part
of learning their language because they are
tied together.
• The possibility of losing one’s cultural
identity due to the using the other
language on a daily basis.
• One language will always be dominant
than the other/s.
• Languages oftentimes gets mixed up when
communicating.
• The personality switch during the usage of
the second language depending on the
person you are communicating with.

• Both bilinguals and multilingual can

interpret different aspect based on which
language they are speaking.