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Peer reviewedKlein, Elaine C. – Language Learning, 1995
Investigates whether knowing more than one language enhances the learning of lexical items and syntactic constructions in other languages. Multilingual (M1) students outperformed unilinguals in both types of acquisition, suggesting that M1s' heightened metalinguistic skills, enhanced lexical knowledge, and a less conservative learning procedure…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, High School Students, Language Aptitude
Peer reviewedCividanes, Carmen J.; Valian, Virginia – Language Learning, 1985
Reports on an experiment in which high school and college students were tested to ascertain: (1) to what extent students learning French as a foreign language treat sentences with negative elements as native French speakers do and (2) to what extent students perform similarly in French and English. Offers two suggestions for teaching French…
Descriptors: College Students, English, French, High School Students
