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Peer reviewedDodson, C. J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Presents a theory that all developing and developed bilinguals have a preferred and a second language (L2) and that the bilingual increases L2 competence through fluctuating activity between bilingual preferred L2 medium-oriented communication and monolingual L2 message-oriented communication. Discusses implications of the theory for language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
