Language and learning difficulties occur with the same frequency in monolingual and bilingual children.
You can choose from English to French translation dictionaries, French to English translation dictionaries, and monolingual (French-French or English-English) dictionaries.
Language acquisition is very similar for monolingual and bilingual children, although some experts view bilingualism as a specialized case of language development.
On this site, you can look French words up in an English dictionary, or look up English words in a French dictionary, or you can read the monolingual dictionary entries in English or French.
Those working in school based provision and providers in mainly monolingual areas find EAL a particular challenge.