Bilingualism and second language acquisition pdf

Second and Foreign Language Education pp Cite as. In this chapter, I provide a cursory explanation of the potential relationship between bilingualism and SLA, pointing to the common ground between these two areas of inquiry. Skip to main content. Advertisement Hide. Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition. Reference work entry First Online: 29 March This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

Not a MyNAP member yet? Register for a free account to start saving and receiving special member only perks. This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings of research on bilingualism and second-language learning and analyzes how theories in these areas have been reflected in thinking about the education of language-minority children in the United States. The literatures associated with these traditions are diverse in their methodologies and epistemologies and have undergone dynamic changes over the course of their history, extending back well over a century. They have developed largely independently from the educational and programmatic concerns that are the focus of this study, but they provide the fundamental science for the linguistic aspects of our inquiry. By necessity, a broad overview of these rich traditions involves a high level of synthesis.

Bilingualism and Second Language Learning. Article (PDF Available) in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics - 70 · March with 1, Reads. How we Download full-text PDF Positive transfer in third language acquisition.
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