Individual differences and language interdependence: A study of sequential bilingual development in Spanish-English preschool children

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-580

  Castilla, Anny Patricia ^a   Restrepo, Maria Adelaida ^b   Perez Leroux, Ana Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood bilingualism; Language acquisition; Sequential bilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949356526     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050802357795     Document Type: Article

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