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Publication details [#58039]

Thomas, Enlli Mon and Mirain Rhys. 2013. Bilingual Welsh–English children's acquisition of vocabulary and reading: implications for bilingual education. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 16 (6) : 633–656.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | bilingual education | bilingualism | literacy | monolingualism

Language as a subject

English | Welsh

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study discusses differences in Welsh–English bilinguals' (L1 Welsh, simultaneous bilinguals and L1 English) literacy development rate (in comparison with monolinguals). These differences fade with age and language exposure and do so faster in dominant than in minority languages.