Ramona T Pittman, Shuai Zhang, Emily Binks-Cantrell, Alida Hudson, R Malatesha Joshi
Teachers' knowledge about language constructs related to literacy skills and student achievement in low socio-economic status schools
Dyslexia (Chichester, England)
expand current theoretical base second language acquisition article proposes nine generalizations optimal age l1 cognitive development l2 academic achievement generalizations summarize authors others research second language acquisition schooling purposes synthesis relationships among following variables considered first language acquisition second language acquisition student age time exposure second language academic achievement measured standardized tests subject areas membership language majority language minority community languages instruction school five new generalizations presented end article based research academic achievement second language merit additional research validate refine