... my parents sent me to a Cantonese kindergarten in the day and an English one in the afternoon, where I first met native English speakers. Now I am studying in an English school, and I am still able to speak both English and Cantonese. Though I am not good with Chinese characters, I can speak the language fluently. At home, I mainly use Cantonese, as opposed to the English I use at school. I do not know why that is; it is as if there is an automatic switch. If I am with my classmates, I stick to English, and with my family, I speak Cantonese. The origin of Bilingualism is probably the result of two different groups of people who speak different languages needing to communicate with each other, so they learn each other's language. The Oxford Companion to the English Language states "Bilingualism... is at least ...

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