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Elective bilingualism Correct Answer: majority member learning second language without losing first languages Circumstantial bilingualism Correct Answe r: learning language to survive Language skills Correct Answer: observable, clearly defined components of language Language competence Correct Answer: inner, mental representation of language Language performance Correct Answer: outward evidence of language competence Language achievement Correct Answer: outcome of formal instruction Balanced bilingual Correct Answer: someone who is equally competent in two languages Semilingual Correct Answer: someone who does not have total competency in either language Oracy Correct Answer: Receptive skill: listening, Productive skill: speaking Literacy Correct Answer: Receptive skill: reading, Productive skill: writing Holistic view of bilingualism Correct Answer: bilingual doesn't equal two monolinguals in one person, can't measure against native speaker. Different languages in different contexts Diglossia Correct Answer: two languages in a community Simultaneous language acquisition Correct Answer: acquires both languages at the same time and prior to the age of 3 Codeswitching Correct Answer: moving back and forth between registers, dialects, or languages. change languages at phrase level lexical gaps Correct Answer: refers to those people whose experiences are not well represented by their language and therefore have difficulties expressing their thoughts and feelings verbally