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Publication details [#56766]

Bylund, Emanuel and Manuel Díaz. 2012. The effects of heritage language instruction on first language proficiency: a psycholinguistic perspective. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 15 (5) : 593–609.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This study confirms the positive, yet rather short term impact of weekly Spanish heritage language classes on first language proficiency maintenance in Spanish-Swedish bilingual high school students, who settled in Sweden before puberty onset.