Teachersshouldcorrectchildren'slanguageOnly youngchildren canlearn morethan onelanguageCodeswitchingis notnaturalNot manypeoplecan bebilingualChildrenneed tolearnEnglish firstSpeakingtwo or morelanguagesis unusualBilingualshave to thinkin twoseparatelanguagesThere isonly wayto becomebilingualChildren willalways keeptheir homelanguageIt is easy forimmigrantsto keep theirlanguageAdultscan't learnanotherlanguageDLLcurriculumhas toalways betranslatedChildren wholearn alanguagenever forgetitlearninganotherlanguage isimpossibleChildren willlearn theirteachers'languageEnglish isspoken bymost peoplein the worldDLLs haveto learneverythingtwiceChildren getconfusedwhen theylearn twolanguagesIt is simpleto teachanotherlanguageDLLclassroomsare moreexpensiveLanguageand cultureare notconnectedChildrenshould learnhow to readin EnglishfirstEnglish isthe officiallanguageof the USAIt is illegal forpublicschools tohave DLLclassesTeachersshouldcorrectchildren'slanguageOnly youngchildren canlearn morethan onelanguageCodeswitchingis notnaturalNot manypeoplecan bebilingualChildrenneed tolearnEnglish firstSpeakingtwo or morelanguagesis unusualBilingualshave to thinkin twoseparatelanguagesThere isonly wayto becomebilingualChildren willalways keeptheir homelanguageIt is easy forimmigrantsto keep theirlanguageAdultscan't learnanotherlanguageDLLcurriculumhas toalways betranslatedChildren wholearn alanguagenever forgetitlearninganotherlanguage isimpossibleChildren willlearn theirteachers'languageEnglish isspoken bymost peoplein the worldDLLs haveto learneverythingtwiceChildren getconfusedwhen theylearn twolanguagesIt is simpleto teachanotherlanguageDLLclassroomsare moreexpensiveLanguageand cultureare notconnectedChildrenshould learnhow to readin EnglishfirstEnglish isthe officiallanguageof the USAIt is illegal forpublicschools tohave DLLclasses

MYTHS ABOUT BILINGUALISM - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Teachers should correct children's language
  2. Only young children can learn more than one language
  3. Code switching is not natural
  4. Not many people can be bilingual
  5. Children need to learn English first
  6. Speaking two or more languages is unusual
  7. Bilinguals have to think in two separate languages
  8. There is only way to become bilingual
  9. Children will always keep their home language
  10. It is easy for immigrants to keep their language
  11. Adults can't learn another language
  12. DLL curriculum has to always be translated
  13. Children who learn a language never forget it
  14. learning another language is impossible
  15. Children will learn their teachers' language
  16. English is spoken by most people in the world
  17. DLLs have to learn everything twice
  18. Children get confused when they learn two languages
  19. It is simple to teach another language
  20. DLL classrooms are more expensive
  21. Language and culture are not connected
  22. Children should learn how to read in English first
  23. English is the official language of the USA
  24. It is illegal for public schools to have DLL classes