Conclusion and Discussion
Multilingualism, a phenomenon that draws interest of scholars, becomes a more and more important element of the model world. As mentioned in the source I cited, it is both beneficial and harmful to individual's in different ways. In a larger scale, it combines with other factors such as political, economical and educational variables and create complex pattern. We need to be careful to deal with it, for a wrong approach can harm people suffering from bias and write off a valuable culture from the society, but if we use it in a decent way, it may create a more connected world for us to collaborate with each other.
The multilingual practice change the way we speak(Collins et al), live (Collins et al), and even identify ourselves.(Guwahati). Looking back to the three sources I analyzed, it is hard to argue whether the multilingual practice is beneficial or destructive to human culture and living, and the argument itself maybe pointless. Even in a specific topic, we still can’t effectively evaluate its pros and cons. The presence or education in one language, can both positively (Clevedon, et al, the study on Chinese student in Singapore) and negatively (Guwahati, the Tibetan exiles in India; Collins, the Beijing Migrant story) affect one’s mother language. When it comes in a large scale and combining with other factors (Collins), it can affect people’s life in many different ways. Therefore, the appropriate conclusion is that how multilingualism affect people’s life can’t be concluded; or the attempt of concluding multilingualism itself is an inappropriate approach in studying this subject. When analyzing how multilingual practice affect people’s life, we have to take consideration of every possible factors; otherwise we may have a totally opposite result.
Undoubtably, the study of multilingualism is far from over. We only see a small peak of the ice mountain, which remains almost entirely underwater. Because of the complex nature of the multilingual practice, we are far from concluding how we can do to multilingual practice in order to create a better life for individuals and the whole society; but the history have already taught us a lot in how improper handling of multilingualism can harm us in a various way, and how taking the advantage of multilingualism can boost the success human beings.
Multilingualism, a phenomenon that draws interest of scholars, becomes a more and more important element of the model world. As mentioned in the source I cited, it is both beneficial and harmful to individual's in different ways. In a larger scale, it combines with other factors such as political, economical and educational variables and create complex pattern. We need to be careful to deal with it, for a wrong approach can harm people suffering from bias and write off a valuable culture from the society, but if we use it in a decent way, it may create a more connected world for us to collaborate with each other.
The multilingual practice change the way we speak(Collins et al), live (Collins et al), and even identify ourselves.(Guwahati). Looking back to the three sources I analyzed, it is hard to argue whether the multilingual practice is beneficial or destructive to human culture and living, and the argument itself maybe pointless. Even in a specific topic, we still can’t effectively evaluate its pros and cons. The presence or education in one language, can both positively (Clevedon, et al, the study on Chinese student in Singapore) and negatively (Guwahati, the Tibetan exiles in India; Collins, the Beijing Migrant story) affect one’s mother language. When it comes in a large scale and combining with other factors (Collins), it can affect people’s life in many different ways. Therefore, the appropriate conclusion is that how multilingualism affect people’s life can’t be concluded; or the attempt of concluding multilingualism itself is an inappropriate approach in studying this subject. When analyzing how multilingual practice affect people’s life, we have to take consideration of every possible factors; otherwise we may have a totally opposite result.
Undoubtably, the study of multilingualism is far from over. We only see a small peak of the ice mountain, which remains almost entirely underwater. Because of the complex nature of the multilingual practice, we are far from concluding how we can do to multilingual practice in order to create a better life for individuals and the whole society; but the history have already taught us a lot in how improper handling of multilingualism can harm us in a various way, and how taking the advantage of multilingualism can boost the success human beings.