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Some Psychological Aspects of Early Second-Language Acquisition.
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Vilke, Mirjana – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Discussion of a study of eight-year-olds' acquisition of English during formal classroom situations notes advantages in introducing linguistic familiarity at an early school age, including beneficial effect upon cognitive growth, prevention of the development of ethnocentric tendencies, and increased motivation to learn a second language.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Enrichment