A Study on the Consequences of Being Bilingual for Non-balanced Bilinguals

Amy Wu Cuihua, Betsy Hu Xiaoqiong 
(College of Foreign Languages, China Three Gorges University)

Abstract: With the acceleration of globalization, being bilingual or multilingual has become a necessity in international communication. On the utilitarian benefits of being bilingual, a large number of studies have been carried out. Based on previous studies, this paper investigates the consequences of being bilingual, especially for those non-balanced bilinguals who are very much in the majority in China.

Key words: bilingualism, bilingual, non-balanced bilingual, consequences