Biliteracy and trilingual practices in the home context: Case studies of Chinese-Canadian children

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-381

  li, Guofang ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biliteracy; Chinese Canadian children; home context; language choices; language use; trilingual practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249150780     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798406069797     Document Type: Article

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