“That’s definitely not right,” she said. “It used to be the perception. There are still professionals who do believe in that, although there is empirical evidence that shows that hearing several languages is not a detriment to the cognitive and linguistic development of a child. Think of countries like India, where communities are very linguistically diverse. If linguistic diversity created confusion, you would have all these Indian children completely confused and they are not. So, it is not that bilingualism or multilingualism creates confusion. It is just the perception.”