Bilingual preschoolers
A) are usually delayed in one or both languages.
B) often have poor phonological processing skills.
C) rarely mix the two languages in their everyday speech.
D) can acquire good-to-native ability in a second language, depending on their exposure to it.

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Bilingual preschoolers have the potential to acquire good-to-native ability in a second language, depending on their exposure to it. They may initially show a delay in one or both languages, but this is usually temporary and they typically catch up to their monolingual peers by the age of 5. Mixing of languages is also common in bilingual preschoolers but is a normal part of the language development process. Poor phonological processing skills can sometimes be observed in bilingual children, but this is not a universal characteristic of bilingualism.

Bilingual Preschoolers