Factors predicting academic success in second and third language among Russian-speaking immigrant students studying in Israeli schools

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-61

  Haim, Orly ^a,b  

^a BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

academic proficiency (AP); arrival age; background factors; immigrant students; second language; third language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890123597     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2013.829069     Document Type: Article

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