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DeKeyser, Robert M. – Language Learning, 2013
The effect of age of acquisition on ultimate attainment in second language learning has been a controversial topic for years. After providing a very brief overview of the ideas that are at the core of the controversy, I discuss the two main reasons why these issues are so controversial: conceptual misunderstandings and methodological difficulties.…
Descriptors: Age, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
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Drake, Glendon F. – Language Learning, 1975
An examination of seminal studies in sociolinguistics and bilingualism serves as a basis for setting the parameters for the language planning response to the Lau decision. The studies discussed are primarily those of W. E. Lambert and the Unesco report, "The Use of Vernacular Languages in Education..." (MS)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Arthur, Bradford – Language Learning, 1971
Originally appeared in Workpapers: Teaching English as a Second Language," Volume 5 (June 1971), Department of English, University of California, Los Angeles, California. (VM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Educational Policy, Language Styles, North American English