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Bilingual Cognitive Development: Addressing Three Gaps in Current Research.

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Diaz, Rafael M. – Child Development, 1985

Results question the validity of Cummins's threshold hypothesis and suggest that degree of bilingualism is related to variability in cognitive measures only before a certain threshold of proficiency in the second language is attained. A cause-effect model in which degree of bilingualism appears as the causal factor affecting children's cognitive…

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students

Linguist Proficiency Improvement Courses.

Hannaman, David L.; And Others – 1989

The processes used by the Defense Language Institute (DLI) Foreign Language Center to develop proficiency-based nonresident courses in Czech, Polish, and Russian for language maintenance is described. Based on needs assessment and analysis of Department of Defense endusers, DLI provided the concept and design for the Proficiency Improvement…

Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Literacy, Copyrights, Curriculum Development