A study of sociolinguistic characteristics of Taiwan children's peer-talk in a Mandaring-English-speaking preschool

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-26

  Wang, Li Chen ^a,c   Hyun, Eunsook ^b  

^a Institute of Management and Health   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EFL; Mandaring English bilingual preschool; Sociolinguistic characteristics; Taiwan young children's peer talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649113217     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X08098351     Document Type: Article

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