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Peer reviewedDanesi, Marcel – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1993
Argues, on the basis of research carried out in Canada and Belgium, that not only does the formal learning of the ancestral language in school enhance the overall cognitive abilities of immigrant children but also constitutes the optimal means by which such children can gain literacy in the dominant language. (37 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cognitive Ability
