Metacognitions about language skill and working memory among monolingual and bilingual college students: When does multilingualism matter?

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 728-741

  Ransdell, Sarah ^a   Barbier, Marie Laure ^b   Niit, Toomas ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Metacognitive awareness; Multilingualism; Reading comprehension; Reading span; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248148459     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb390.0     Document Type: Article

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