Does Advanced Skills in a Second Language Reduce Automaticity in the First Language?.

Segalowitz, Norman

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ERIC Number: EJ421536

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Does Advanced Skills in a Second Language Reduce Automaticity in the First Language?

Segalowitz, Norman

Language Learning, v41 n1 p59-83 Mar 1991

Discusses whether high levels of skill in one's second language (L2) leads to loss of performance in one's first language (L1). Data are reviewed indicating that a high level of reading skill in L2 may indeed be associated with slower reading in L1. (21 references) (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Skill Attrition, Reading Rate, Reading Skills, Reading Tests, Second Language Learning, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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