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Publication details [#60585]

Angelis, Gessica De. 2015. English L3 learning in a multilingual context: the role of parental education and L2 exposure within the living community. The International Journal of Multilingualism 12 (4) : 435–452.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This study shows that parental education better portends childrens' English L3 proficiency and L3 school performance than L2 exposure within the residential community. This is illustrated by data from Italian L1 students (aged 14) with German as L2 and English as L3, attending school in the multilingual South Tyrol region of Italy, in 2005/2006.