When a bilingual child develops phonological skills at a slower rate than his/ her peers, this is called:

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When a bilingual child develops phonological skills at a slower rate than his/her peers, it is called negative transfer or interference. This can happen when the child's two languages have different phonological rules, leading to confusion and difficulties in producing and distinguishing between sounds in both languages. Positive transfer, linguistic transfer, and developmental transfer all refer to more favorable language learning outcomes, where the child uses their knowledge of one language to facilitate learning in the other language.

When a Bilingual Child Develops Phonological Skills at a Slower