Language support for immigrant children: A study of state schools in the UK and US

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-180

  McEachron, Gail ^a   Bhatti, Ghazala ^b,c  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Institute of Education   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language support; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644441981     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310508668739     Document Type: Article

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