A comparison of written Chinese achievement among heritage learners in homogeneous and heterogeneous groups

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 258-266

  Shen, Helen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847668621     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2003.tb01475.x     Document Type: Article

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