Language proficiency and academic achievement
By: edited by Charlene Rivera.
Contributors: Rivera, Charlene.
Series: Multilingual matters ;; 10; Multilingual matters (Series) ;; 10.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Clevedon, Avon, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Language and languages -- Ability testing.; Education, Bilingual.; Academic achievement.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Wanted, a theoretical framework for relating language proficiency to academic achievement among bilingual students / Jim Cummins; title: On Cummins' theoretical framework / Fred Genessee; title: On some theoretical frameworks for language proficiency / Michael Canale; title: A note on the dangers of terminological innovation / Bernard Spolsky; title: SCALP / Rudolph C. Troike; title: A sociolinguistic perspective on Cummins' current framework for relating language proficiency to academic achievement / Benji Wald; title: Language proficiency and academic achievement revisited / Jim Cummins.