Latino mothers and their preschool children talk about the past: Implications for language and literacy

Spanish-Language Narration and Literacy: Culture, Cognition, and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 273-295

  Sparks, Alison ^a,b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Language development; Latino children; Literacy; Narration; Parent child reminiscing; Reminiscing style

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953371633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511815669.015     Document Type: Book

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