Learning a host country: A plea to strengthen parents' roles and to encourage children's bilingual development

The Challenges of Diaspora Migration: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Israel and Germany

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 289-304

  Leyendecker, Birgit ^a   Willard, Jessica A ^a   Agache, Alexandru ^a   Jäkel, Julia ^a   Spiegler, Olivia ^a   Kohl, Katharina ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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