Writing through two languages: First language expertise in a language minority classroom

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-142

  Kibler, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bilingual; Expertise; Interaction; L2 writing; Language minority; Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955517752     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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