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First and Second Language Acquisition in German Children Attending a Kindergarten Immersion Program: A Combined Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Study
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Bergström, Kirstin; Klatte, Maria; Steinbrink, Claudia; Lachmann, Thomas – Language Learning, 2016
This study investigated first (L1) and second (L2) language acquisition in two age-matched groups of 2- to 6-year-old kindergarten children over the course of 2.5 years. The immersion group participated in a partial English immersion program whereas the conventional instruction group received a conventional L2 course (30 minutes per week); the…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Matched Groups