Psychological Approaches to the Study of Language : Part II : On Second-Language Learning and Bilingualism

Lambert, Wallace E.

Essay on certain psychological aspects of language-learning influenced by social contexts. Based on research conducted among students in the bilingual city of Montréal. Includes comparative case studies with Franco American students in Louisiana and Maine. Case studies explore not only students' intellectual capacity, but the impact of one's social orientation toward a non-Anglophone cultural community on one's abilities and attitudes toward learning that community's language - in these cases, French. Comments on new research in second-language development. Presents new findings that compare test scores on cognitive ability in monolingual and bilingual students. Includes the sections, "A Social Psychology of Second-Language Learning" and "A Psychology of Bilingualism."

1963-03-01 00:00:00

en

Journal Article

1960s; Montréal, Quebec; United States

3

The Modern Language Journal

0026-7902

47