The effect of the early teaching of English on writing proficiency

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-540

  Doiz, Aintzane ^a   Lasagabaster, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

early foreign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248705928     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069040080040501     Document Type: Article

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