Supporting young indigenous children's language development in Canada: A review of research on needs and promising practices

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-47

  Ball, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cultural safety; Culturally appropriate; Early interventions; First nations; Indigenous; Inuit; Language development; Met is; Speech language delays; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349804734     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: 17101131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.66.1.019     Document Type: Article

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