Bilingual and biliteracy development over the transition to school

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 455-479

  Tagoilelagi Leota, Fa'asaulala ^a   McNaughton, Stuart ^a   MacDonald, Shelley ^a   Farry, Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Development; Early childhood; School; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244437520     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050508668624     Document Type: Review

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