“It’s Not My Job”: K–12 teacher attitudes toward students’ heritage language maintenance

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 453-477

  Lee, Jin Sook ^a   Oxelson, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 66249151569     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2006.10162885     Document Type: Article

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