Early home language use and later vocabulary development

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 535-546

  Mancilla Martinez, Jeannette ^a   Lesaux, Nonie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Language minority learners; Native language use; Vocabulary growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051820649     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023655     Document Type: Article

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