The Cognitive Development of Children in Immersion Programs.

Cummins, James

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The Cognitive Development of Children in Immersion Programs

Cummins, James

Canadian Modern Language Review, 34, 5, 855-83, May 78

A discussion of the effect of an immersion program on the majority language child. Research is reviewed on the "threshold hypothesis" and "the developmental interdependence hypothesis." Recent studies of the cognitive and academic effects of bilingualism are critically examined in the light of these hypotheses. A bibliography is attached. (AMH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Immersion Programs, Language Instruction, Language Research, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning

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