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Definition of bilingualism:

•Bilingualism is the ability to communicate 
in two languages
(Madrid and Hughes,2011)

•How bilinguals first lingual
(L1) and second language(L2) are part of a
 bilinguals  cognition
 (Madrid and Hughes,2011)

•Iceberg theory-it’s important to be sure to validate the test content.
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