Language shift among adolescent ethnic German immigrants: Predictors of increasing use of German over time

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-259

  Michel, Andrea ^a   Titzmann, Peter F ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent immigrants; Ethnic germans; Language shift; Longitudinal; Multilevel modeling; Second language use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858623574     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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