Investigating the Impact of Teaching Children Bilingually on Improving Their Oral Performance :a case study

Abstract

Bilingual education of children is a sensitive issue, which requires well-trained educators who are specialized in the field. The present study aims to investigate how raising children bilingually could improving their oral performance. To reach our objectives, we have opted for a descriptive qualitative method. Additionally, two data collection tools were used to get results which are observing both the educator and children; in addition to an interview with the educator. To explore our topic, we chosen six children in CLE (Centre de Langue Etrangère) which is a private school in Bejaia city (Algeria). In this school, children receive a bilingual education. Our sample is composed of six children who have rich linguistic repertoire. That is to say, they speak Kabyle, Arabic, French and English. Our results revealed that bilingual children are highly motivated, interact with each other, and switch to other languages in their speech. That is to say, raising children bilingually has positive impact on improving children's oral performance and it develops their communicative competence