When school is not enough: New initiatives in intergenerational language transmission in Wales

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 298-312

  Edwards, Viv ^a   Newcombe, Lynda Pritchard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Years education; Health professionals; Intergenerational language transmission; Language reversal; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144456655     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050508668612     Document Type: Article

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