Peer teaching and learning: Co-constructing language in a dual language first grade

Language and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-190

  Angelova, Maria ^a   Gunawardena, Delmi ^a   Volk, Dinah ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Dual language programme; Early childhood education; Ethnography; Peer teaching strategies; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745033091     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780608668722     Document Type: Article

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