The impact of two-way dual-immersion programs on initially English-dominant Latino students' attitudes

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-141

  Block, Nicholas ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051977321     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2011.598059     Document Type: Article

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