ELL preschoolers' English vocabulary acquisition from storybook reading

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-97

  Collins, Molly F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; Preschool; Sophisticated vocabulary; Storybook reading; Vocabulary acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450273329     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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