Reading, vocabulary and language preference in 7- to 8-year-old bilingual Asian children

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-414

  Beech, John R ^a   Keys, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031313443     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1997.tb01254.x     Document Type: Article

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