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Peer reviewedWaas, Margit – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Examines a sociolinguistic thesis on language attrition illustrating first-language (L1) loss in a second-language (L2) environment via interviews conducted with two control groups and L1 German speakers living in Australia. Findings reveal that after 10 to 20 years in the L2 environment, the extent of L1 attrition was such that none of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Control Groups, English (Second Language), German
Nickel, K. N. – 1979
The failure of educational research to fully allow for limitations in methodology when drawing conclusions is faulted. In addition to this, a failure on the part of the media--educational and other--to fully publicize these limitations is also criticized. Methodological shortcomings of the 1977-78 American Institutes of Research (AIR) study of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Control Groups, Data Collection
