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... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > curriculum and instruction > bilingual education > family, communities, and society > benefits of bilingualism and heritage languages

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benefits of bilingualism and heritage languages  

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  • Language competence is an essential component of personal, academic, and economic processes and success. Children of first-generation immigrants, who are raised in homes where a language other than English is spoken, grow up with a better-than-average opportunity to develop additive bilingualism, that is, proficiency in both English and their heritage language. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Benefits of Bilingualism and Heritage Languages]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JGKRCT8R-2

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