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The Contribution of Foreign Language Study to Mastery of the Vernacular 1
Author(s) -
Palfrey Thomas R.
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1941.tb03058.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , first language , linguistics , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy
Author's Summary— The belief that foreign language study contributes to a mastery of the mother tongue has not been conclusively substantiated by experimental data. If a better understanding and a more accurate use of English is a desirable objective of foreign language study, further investigation should be carried on to determine how and to what extent this contribution is made, and how methods and texts may realize this objective more effectively.)