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#The cognitive process of learning language is complex. A main part of learning spoken and written language is something called phonological awareness (Chen, 2004) (Chiappe, 2007) which describes the individual's cognition of the fact that words are made up of multiple sound units. Another large part of language learning is orthographic awareness – the understanding of language based on its written construction (Liow, 2006). This applies to both spelling and syntax.
There is debate over whether growing up in a bilingual environment has positive or negative effects on children's phonological and orthographic awareness, and thus their ability to learn to read and speak fluently. There is much evidence that metalinguistic awareness, that is understanding of the overarching syntactic principles of language, is greater in children who are bilingual (Chen, 2004). Hammer and Miccio point out that the process of learning to read begins long before the commencement of formal......

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