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ERIC Number: EJ234933
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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The Entry and Exit Fallacy in Bilingual Education.
Cummins, Jim
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v4 n3 p25-59 Spr 1980
Elaborates on cognitive/academic language proficiency and basic interpersonal communicative skills. Discusses assumptions regarding bilingual program exit and entry fallacies and implications for U.S. bilingual education. Argues that failure to adequately conceptualize the construes of language proficiency and its cross-language dimensions causes problems with assumptions underlying bilingual education. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Dominance, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests, Program Design
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency