Demands and opportunities: Analyzing academic language in a first grade dual language program

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-288

  Lucero, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic language demands; Dual language education; Elementary education; Emergent bilingual students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862733580     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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