The effects of heritage language instruction on first language proficiency: A psycholinguistic perspective

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 593-609

  Bylund, Emanuel ^a,b   Díaz, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

age and language learning; heritage language education; language attrition; Spanish; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865219411     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2012.676620     Document Type: Article

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