The role of language of instruction and vocabulary in the English phonological awareness of Spanish-English bilingual children

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-246

  San Francisco, Andrea Rolla ^a   Carlo, Maria ^b   August, Diane ^c   Snow, Catherine E ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 33644912292     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716406060267     Document Type: Article

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