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This paper questions the assumption that the relationship between time spent studying in a second language and second language proficiency is highly related for those aspects of language related to cognitive and academic functioning. The implications of this questioning are explored as they relate to the time devoted to instruction in the second language and the timing of the introduction of the languages of instruction in bilingual education for minority and majority language groups.
Merrill Swain (Mon,) studied this question.