Abstract:
In this paper, second language acquisition and bilingualism are focused and the relationship
between these is broadly analyzed. An attempt was made to probe into the factors which influence
the second language acquisition in bilingual contexts. This paper employed an analytical approach to
explore the viewpoints of various scholars with regard to second language acquisition and
bilingualism. In this regard, psycholinguistic issues, sociolinguistic issues, neuropsychological issues,
bilingual education issues, issues of formal instruction, issues of language input and issues of teacher
talk were analyzed. Besides these, the different learning models like interactional language learning,
content-based language learning, and cooperative learning were analyzed to find out how best these
models help the students acquire the second language. The analysis of research studies by different
scholars made one thing very clear that bilingual children do acquire the languages very easily
without encountering any major breakdowns in the process of acquisition.
