School's out for the summer: A cross-cultural comparison of second language learning in informal settings

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 651-665

  Feuer, Avital ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Content based instruction; Hebrew; Immersion bilingual education; Informal education; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949388875     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050802549672     Document Type: Article

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