Knowledge of an Aboriginal language and school outcomes for children and adults

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-27

  Guèvremont, Anne ^a   Kohen, Dafna E ^a,b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; adults; children; high school graduation; indigenous; language; parent rated school performance; post secondary graduation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859144848     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.581268     Document Type: Article

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