Language and Literacy Development of Dual Language Learners Growing Up in the United States: A Call for Research

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-9

  Hammer, Carol Scheffner ^a   Jia, Gisela ^b   Uchikoshi, Yuuko ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Dual language learners; English language learners; Language development and emergent literacy; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851504676     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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