Publications

Publication details [#41595]

Lasagabaster, David. 2001. The Effect of Knowledge About the L1 on Foreign Language Skills and Grammar. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 4 (5) : 310–331.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | grammar1 | knowledge | L1-acquisition

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Drawing on Cummins 'Common Underlying Proficiency model of bilingualism' (1980), this article investigates how knowledge about the first language affects the acquisition of foreign language skills and grammar.