Effects of a preschool bilingual family literacy programme

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-208

  Hirst, Kath ^a   Hannon, Peter ^a   Nutbrown, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Family; Literacy; Parents; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952624089     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798410363838     Document Type: Article

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