The role of home and school factors in predicting English vocabulary among bilingual kindergarten children in Singapore

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-168

  Dixon, L Quentin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951770642     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716410000329     Document Type: Article

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