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8 - Second Language Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2021

François Grosjean
François Grosjean
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Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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In this chapter, we start with second language learning in school and then progressively move to older learners of foreign languages. Post 8.1 presents a quick review of the way second languages are acquired in the school setting. From a subject taught in a rather formal way, the second language is increasingly becoming a medium of instruction through immersion and dual-language teaching.

Post 8.2 is an interview with Dr. Fabrice Jaumont who has played a leadership role in establishing dual-language programs in the public school system in the New York area. The movement is led from the bottom-up by families who want their children to acquire a second language in a more natural way.

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Life as a Bilingual
Knowing and Using Two or More Languages
 , pp. 161 - 188
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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