Parental perceptions of children's literacy and bilingualism: The case of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-126

  Stavans, Anat ^a,b   Olshtain, Elite ^a   Goldzweig, Gil ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv Jaffa Academic College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biliteracy; Education policy; Immigrants; Language acquisition; Multilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950700596     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630802307916     Document Type: Article

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