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Foreign Languages for Younger Children: Trends and Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2008

H. H. Stern  and
Alice Weinrib
H. H. Stern
Affiliation:
Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Alice Weinrib
Affiliation:
Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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Language Teaching , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 5 - 25
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