Korean-English dual language immersion: Perspectives of students, parents and teachers

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-107

  Lee, Jin Sook ^a   Jeong, Eunsook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; dual language immersion; immigrant learners; Korean; language attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874493137     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2013.765890     Document Type: Article

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