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Publication details [#29247]

Weltens, Bert. 1989. The attrition of French as a foreign language. (Studies on Language Acquisition 6). Foris Publications. 137 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | foreign language acquisition | language loss | language maintenance

Language as a subject

French

Annotation

This book deals with the nature and theory of second language (proficiency) decline and with second language revitalization. Examples are drawn from French second language proficiency evaluation tests with 2-4 years of interval in Dutch secondary schools.