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Peer reviewedKaplan, Robert B. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1978
Asserts that language teaching is introduced into the curriculum at precisely the wrong time: the point at which language acquisition has diminished and language learning is more dominant. It is also stated that compulsory language learning is destructive and that bilingualism provides another way of looking at the world. (EJS)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
