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Peer reviewedNeufeld, Gerald G. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Bilingual subjects' decoding of texts in mixed language requires no more time than their decoding of material in homogeneous language. Bilingual speakers appear not to command two separate lexical lists, but only one basic internal dictionary consisting of the lexical items they have learned for both languages. (DB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Decoding (Reading), Language Ability, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedLange, Dietrich – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
The development of German proficiency by a three-year-old Australian boy living in Germany was monitored for a five-month period. His command of German negation is reported. The study is seen as bearing on issues in first and second language acquisition, such as competence and interference. (JB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, German, Interference (Language)
