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ERIC Number: EJ174099
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Early Childhood: The Best Time To Become Bilingual and Biliterate
Andersson, Theodore; And Others
Childhood Education, 54, 3, 155-61, Jan 78
Cites recent investigation of the acquisition of bilingualism in young children containing further evidence that they learn two languages in the same way that the monolingual child learns one. Also cites studies showing that the young child's impressive language-learning abilities function in the acquisition of reading. (BR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Reading Development, Research, Second Language Learning
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Identifiers: Language Acquisition Device