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Peer reviewedWhitehurst, Grover J.; Valdez-Menchaca, Marta C. – Child Development, 1988
Monolingual children were assigned to two groups to examine the role of reinforcement in language acquisition. One group was differentially reinforced for use of foreign vocabulary. The other group was first reinforced nondifferentially for use of either native or foreign language and later differentially reinforced for foreign language use. (PCB)
Descriptors: English, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Children, Second Language Learning
