Emergent biliteracy in young Mexican immigrant children

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-398

  Reyes, Iliana ^a   Azuara, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 54449098014     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.43.4.4     Document Type: Article

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