Increasing Native English Vocabulary Recognition through Spanish Immersion: Cognate Transfer from Foreign to First Language.

Cunningham, Thomas H.; Graham, C. Ray

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ERIC Number: EJ619354

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Publication Date: 2000

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Increasing Native English Vocabulary Recognition through Spanish Immersion: Cognate Transfer from Foreign to First Language.

Cunningham, Thomas H.; Graham, C. Ray

Journal of Educational Psychology, v92 n1 p37-49 Mar 2000

Effects of Spanish immersion on fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children's native English vocabulary were studied. Findings support the idea that Spanish immersion has English-language benefits and that positive transfer occurs from Spanish as a foreign language to native English receptive vocabulary. (Author/MKA)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, English, Immersion Programs, Spanish, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Cognitive Abilities Test

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