Closing the gap: Addressing the vocabulary needs of English-language learners in bilingual and mainstream classrooms

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-215

  Carlo, María S ^a   August, Diane ^b   McLaughlin, Barry ^c   Snow, Catherine E ^d   Dressler, Cheryl ^d,e   Lippman, David N ^c,f   Lively, Teresa J ^c,g   White, Claire E ^d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b August and Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Massachusetts Dept of Education ^*  (United States)

^h Elementary and Secondary Education   (United States)

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EID: 2942560242     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.39.2.3     Document Type: Article

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