Language learning experience in school context and metacognitive awareness of multilingual children

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-280

  Le Pichon Vorstman, Emmanuelle ^a,b   De Swart, Henriette ^a   Ceginskas, Viktorija ^c   Van Den Bergh, Huub ^d,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Foreign language acquisition; Language learning; Metacognitive awareness; Multilingualism; Plurilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950761906     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790710902878692     Document Type: Article

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