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TIME AND TIMING IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Swain Merrill
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1981.tb01369.x
Subject(s) - psychology , linguistics , cognition , second language , language proficiency , second language acquisition , language assessment , second language attrition , comprehension approach , developmental linguistics , bilingual education , first language , language education , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , philosophy , neuroscience
This paper questions the assumption that the relationship between time spent studying in a second language and second language proficiency is highly related for those aspects of language related to cognitive and academic functioning. The implications of this questioning are explored as they relate to the time devoted to instruction in the second language and the timing of the introduction of the languages of instruction in bilingual education for minority and majority language groups.