Achievement and language proficiency of Latino students in dual language programmes: Native English speakers, fluent English/previous ELLs, and current ELLs

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 531-545

  Lindholm Leary, Kathryn ^a   Hernández, Ana ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; ELL; ethnic minorities; language immersion; language minorities; language proficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857961690     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2011.611596     Document Type: Article

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