Are bilinguals better language learners?

Hanna Torsh

Are bilinguals better language learners?

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Abstract

It is easy to assume that bilinguals are better at adding another language to their repertoire. But is that always true?

Evidence from English language learning in multilingual classrooms in Europe

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Language on the move
Publisher	Language on the move
Publication status	Published - 5 Oct 2018

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© 2019 Language on the Move. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

200401 applied linguistics and educational linguistics
200405 language in culture and society (sociolinguistics)

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