Long-term relationships among early first language skills, second language aptitude, second language affect, and later second language proficiency

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 725-755

  Sparks, Richard L ^a   Patton, Jon ^b   Ganschow, Leonore ^b   Humbach, Nancy ^b  

^a College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450270757     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409990099     Document Type: Article

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