Publications

Publication details [#50115]

Francis, Norbert. 2006. The development of secondary discourse ability and metalinguistic awareness in second language learners. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 16 (1) : 37–60.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic language | language proficiency | literacy | metalinguistic awareness | second language acquisition

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This paper reviews research on second language proficiency development and metalinguistic awareness, associated with academic language and literacy acquisition.