Second language learning and academic achievement revisited : a connectionist deconstruction of the cognitive consequences of bilingualism

The original Threshold Hypothesis proposed in 1976 by Cummins as a reasonable explanation of the data gathered to that date on the cognitive consequences of learning a second language has gained widespread acceptance in second language teaching circles, but has been the subject of considerab...

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Main Author: Hawson, Anne
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4835