Improving second language skills of immigrant students: A field trial study evaluating the effects of a summer learning program

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-170

  Stanat, Petra ^a   Becker, Michael ^b   Baumert, Jürgen ^b   Lüdtke, Oliver ^b   Eckhardt, Andrea G ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immigrant students; Implicit and explicit learning; L2; Language proficiency; Second language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856584756     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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