Home storybook reading in primary or second language with preschool children: Evidence of equal effectiveness for second-language vocabulary acquisition

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-130

  Roberts, Theresa A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 42549142773     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.43.2.1     Document Type: Article

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