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The Role of Mother Tongue Literacy in Third Language Learning.

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Swain, Merrill; And Others – 1989

Several research and evaluation studies completed in bilingual education programs for language minority children in Canada are presented to support the claim that heritage, or first, language (HL) literacy plays an important role in the acquisition of a third language. A study completed by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)