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Peer reviewedMagiste, Edith – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1984
Reports on three investigations concerning the acquisition of a third language in bilingual immigrant students in Germany and Sweden. The results suggest that immigrant students who always use Swedish at home but have passive knowledge of their first language clearly perform better in English than do Swedish monolingual students. (SL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants
