Language proficiency and early literacy skills of Cantonese-speaking English language learners in the U.S. and Canada

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2107-2129

  Uchikoshi, Yuuko ^a   Marinova Todd, Stefka H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cantonese; English language learners; Language dominance; Phonological awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866441331     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9347-2     Document Type: Article

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