Magda and Albana: Learning to read with dual language books

Language and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-154

  Sneddon, Raymonde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albanian; Bilingualism; Biliteracy; Dual language; Primary; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749095659     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le741.0     Document Type: Article

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