<P> Many myths and much prejudice has grown around the notions of bi - and multilingualism in some Western countries where monolingualism is the norm . Researchers from the UK and Poland have listed the most common misconceptions: </P> <Ul> <Li> that bi - or multilinguals are exceptions to the' default' monolingual' norm'; </Li> <Li> that in order to deserve the label' bi - / multilingual', one needs to have an equal,' perfect',' nativelike' command of both / all of one's languages; </Li> <Li> that childhood bilingualism may be detrimental to both linguistic and cognitive development and consequently lead to poorer results at school; </Li> <Li> that exposing a child to more than one language may cause language impairment or deficits, or that for children already diagnosed with impairments two languages mean too much unnecessary pressure and effort; </Li> <Li> that the children do not have enough time to learn both languages, therefore it is better if they only acquire the majority language . </Li> <Li> that the children would be confused with having the ability to speak two languages and the "tip - of - the - tongue states" For instance, where one knows the meaning and the specific details of a word, but cannot retrieve a word . </Li> <Li> those bilingual individuals tend to have slightly fewer vocabularies and weaker in "verbal fluency tasks" than the monolingual counterpart </Li> </Ul> <Li> that bi - or multilinguals are exceptions to the' default' monolingual' norm'; </Li> <Li> that in order to deserve the label' bi - / multilingual', one needs to have an equal,' perfect',' nativelike' command of both / all of one's languages; </Li>

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