Do L1 Reading Achievement and L1 Print Exposure Contribute to the Prediction of L2 Proficiency?

Language Learning

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 473-505

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

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

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive efficiency hypothesis; Environmental opportunity hypothesis; L1 reading; L2 proficiency; Language aptitude; Print exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860650626     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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