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Bilingualism, Cognitive Functioning and Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2008

Merrill Swain  and
James Cummins
Merrill Swain
Affiliation:
Modern Language Centre, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
James Cummins
Affiliation:
Modern Language Centre, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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Language Teaching , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 4 - 18
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