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Wealer, C., Fricke, S., Loff, A., & Engel de Abreu P. M. J. (2022). Preschool predictors of learning to read and spell in an additional language: a two-wave longitudinal study in a multilingual context<\/a>. Reading & Writing. 35. 1265-1288.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wealer, C., Fricke, S., & Engel de Abreu, P. M. J. (2024). Exploring cross-language transfer among children in multilingual education: A longitudinal study in Luxembourg<\/a> (Preprint). Open Science Framework. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

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