Accelerating early academic oral English development in transitional bilingual and structured English immersion programs

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1011-1044

  Tong, Fuhui ^a   Lara Alecio, Rafael ^a   Irby, Beverly ^b   Mathes, Patricia ^c   Kwok, Oi man ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicultural; Bilingual; Elementary schools; Hispanic education; Language comprehension and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049139041     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208320790     Document Type: Article

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