Predictors of reading among Herero-English bilingual Namibian school children

Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-254

  Veii, Kazuvire ^a,b   Everat, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

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EID: 33750694919     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728905002282     Document Type: Article

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