Increasing native English vocabulary recognition through Spanish immersion: Cognate transfer from foreign to first language

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-49

  Cunningham, Thomas H ^a   Graham, C Ray ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034144891     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.1.37     Document Type: Article

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