Abstract
During the anxious days of the Six Day War in Israel in 1967, concerned colleagues and family members asked then and for months afterwards if I were truly going to go through with being a Fulbright Lecturer at Tel Aviv University. They were especially worried because I was going as a single parent with three young sons. Let me hasten to say that I went and that we all found it the most rewarding year of our lives up to that point.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Berman, R. A. Modem Hebrew structure. Tel Aviv: University Publishing Projects, 1978.
Bronstein, A. J. The pronunciation of American English. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1960.
Bronstein, A. J., Shaver, C. L. & Stevens, C. Essays in honor of Claude M. Wise. Hannibal, Mo.: Standard Printing Company, 1970.
Hatch, E. M. (Ed.). Second language acquisition: A book of readings. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1978.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1984 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Johnson, E.T. (1984). Some Data on Second Language Acquisition and Retention by Older Children. In: Raphael, L.J., Raphael, C.B., Valdovinos, M.R. (eds) Language and Cognition. Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0381-5_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0381-5_12
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-0383-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-0381-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive