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xiii 9 General discussion and conclusions .............................................................................207 9.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................208 9.2 Overview of the results ............................................................................................208 9.2.1 Receptive vocabulary development ..................................................................208 9.2.2 Narrative ability development. .........................................................................208 9.2.3 The school learning environment .....................................................................209 9.2.4 Linking characteristics of the learning environment to language development211 9.2.5 Summary of the study.......................................................................................212 9.3 General discussion ...................................................................................................213 9.3.1 Second language development .........................................................................214 9.3.2 The school learning environment .....................................................................215 9.3.3 The influence of the school learning environment on second language development ..............................................................................................................216 9.4 Implications for educational practice .......................................................................217 9.5 Limitations and future research................................................................................219 9.5.1 Participants .......................................................................................................219 9.5.2 Instruments and procedure................................................................................220 9.5.3 Language development and communicative competence.................................222 9.6 Concluding remarks .................................................................................................223 References .........................................................................................................................225 Appendix 1. Table with parameters settings Chapter 4................................................251 Appendix 2. Tables with parameters settings Chapter 5 ..............................................253 Appendix 3. Description of the CLASS ..........................................................................259 Appendix 4. Boxplot CLASS ...........................................................................................261 Appendix 5. Snapshot items ............................................................................................263 Appendix 6. Tables with parameters settings Chapter 8 ..............................................267 Nederlandse samenvatting...............................................................................................279 Curriculum Vitae .............................................................................................................287