The crosslinguistic role of cognitive academic language proficiency on reading growth in spanish and english

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-106

  Laija Rodríguez, Wilda ^a   Ochoa, Salvador Hector ^b   Parker, Richard ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66249152832     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2006.10162867     Document Type: Article

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