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Language, Culture and Curriculum

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The role of mother tongue literacy in third language learning

Merrill Swain , Sharon Lapkin , Norman Rowen & Doug Hart

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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education , 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1V6, Canada Published online: 14 Sep 2009.

To cite this article: Merrill Swain , Sharon Lapkin , Norman Rowen & Doug Hart (1990) The role of mother tongue literacy in third language learning, Language, Culture and Curriculum, 3:1, 65-81, DOI: 10.1080/07908319009525073 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07908319009525073

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