They own this: Mother tongue instruction for indigenous Kuku Children in Southern Sudan

School Psychology International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-469

  Laguarda, Ana Isabel ^a   Woodward, Walter Pierce ^a  

^a Jesuit Refugee Service   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Academic performance; indigenous; language of instruction; literacy education; mother tongue; native language; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881109472     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034312446893     Document Type: Article

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