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Peer reviewedElder, Catherine; Davies, Alan – Language and Education, 1998
Considers effect of language distance--how distant the language is from English--on attainment of English language literacy, as measured by performance on an Australian English-as-a-Second-Language end-of-school examination for non-English speaking background students, who also sat for another examination in their first language. Study concludes…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Classification
