BILINGUAL REPRESENTATION OF BILINGUAL SPEAKER STUDENTS AT THE SHARIA FACULTY OF IAIN SULTAN AMAI GORONTALO

Abstract

Bilingualism or bilingualism, in the history of human language development, was born from the diversity of languages that grew and lived side by side in one social group. A dynamic speech community in the process of interaction with one another will greatly enable bilingualism to occur. The process of bilingualism itself can occur through the acquisition of language naturally or through the learning process. This is referred to by Reynolds (1991: 20) as balanced bilingualism, namely the simultaneous acquisition of two languages that occur at an early age and in a natural context and first language acquisition. In addition, the acquisition of a second language after the first language is referred to as balanced bilingualism which occurs as an adult and after entering formal education. In Indonesia, the speaking community grows by knowing regional languages and Indonesian before being introduced to certain foreign languages. Therefore, it is certain that children who are born and raised in a community or ethnic group whose regional languages are still maintained have enormous potential to grow up to become bilingual speakers through natural processes.