English and Spanish Acquisition by Hispanic Second Graders in Developmental Bilingual Programs: A 3-Year Longitudinal Randomized Study

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-529

  Tong, Fuhui ^a   Irby, Beverly J ^b   Lara Alecio, Rafael ^a   Mathes, Patricia G ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Biliteracy; Developmental bilingual program; ESL intervention; Quality of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649083144     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986308324980     Document Type: Article

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