Metalinguistic awareness mediates effects of full biliteracy on third-language reading proficiency in Turkish-German bilinguals

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-418

  Rauch, Dominique P ^a   Naumann, Johannes ^a   Jude, Nina ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biliteracy; L3 reading; metalinguistic awareness; third language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870156967     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006911425819     Document Type: Article

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