multilingual
బహుభాషా
definition
adjective
a multilingual dictionary
in or using several languages.
example
A once 'multilingual' population is on the way to becoming monolingual or at the best bilingual.
Such successes are little surprise, but what inhibits many companies is the price of developing a 'multilingual' presence online.
Many Indians are 'multilingual' and speak several Indian languages.
This model, to a certain extent, has encouraged students to be 'multilingual' in their ethnic language, Indonesian and English.
A child may be born in a 'multilingual' home setting or speak a home language different from the society.
Most Sumu and Miskito are 'multilingual' , speaking Spanish in school and their native language at home.
This seems silly until you have 'multilingual' dictionaries installed.
This is perhaps the most 'multilingual' area in the world.
Our students have to become 'multilingual' with English as their second language.
Pinpointing the source of crosslinguistic influences in the interlanguage of a 'multilingual' speaker is less straightforward.
Given the diverse populations and 'multilingual' settings, bilingual education may be assumed to have been in order.
It is therefore a challenge to applied linguists to see how education systems can contribute to the promotion of more just 'multilingual' societies.
As a result, Singapore and Malaysia are 'multilingual' countries.
Many factors influence language dominance in 'multilingual' speakers.
Western culture is monolingual; ours 'multilingual' and oral.
In all 'multilingual' communities speakers switch among languages or varieties as monolinguals switch among styles.
It is also timely given the growing interest in 'multilingual' information retrieval involving East Asian languages.
If there is bilingual and 'multilingual' education in the K - 12 system, why not in higher education?
The local people were actually 'multilingual' ; they often spoke three, four, five languages.
If you are already 'multilingual' , use all the languages you know, especially in front of small children.
Several have been published 'multilingually' , reflecting Australia's attempt to gain high moral ground as world leader of the trade liberalisation project.
Non-British immigration increased greatly after the Second World War and 'multilingualism' has been encouraged since the 1970s.
Furthermore, to imply that multiculturalism or 'multilingualism' is somehow a ‘bad thing’ flies in the face of fact, especially in California.
A good example is Switzerland, where territorial unilingualism exists under federal 'multilingualism' .
Some of us have knowledge that can enable others to browse the web 'multilingually' , and more importantly communicate multilingually.
From Nobel Prizes in economics to Pulitzers in fiction, from a film industry that has captured the hearts of millions to a vast knowledge industry that produces the technology and content of transnational firms, India's cultural capital is produced globally, speaks 'multilingually' , and is consumed visibly in just about every corner of the post-industrial world.
Although the promotion of 'multilingualism' to foster cross-cultural understanding is to be applauded, there are also paradoxes in this.
Simultaneously, transferable skills are acquired and practised, such as the ability to learn autonomously and to communicate and co-operate 'multilingually' .
At the same time, multilingualism provides the couple with the opportunity of learning a foreign language in an everyday context and of giving their children the possibility of growing up 'multilingually' - and this is an extremely valuable asset for the future generation with regard to increasing globalisation.
When teachers learn to see the diverse backgrounds of their students as resources, these students' experiences can serve to promote the 'multilingualism' and multiculturalism of all the students and the teacher.
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