Bringing words to life in classrooms with english-language learners

Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 117-139

  Calderón, Margarita ^a   August, Diane ^b   Slavin, Robert ^a   Duran, Daniel ^a   Madden, Nancy ^c   Cheung, Alan ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b August and Associates   (Finland)

^c Success for All Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 84904775875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612922     Document Type: Chapter

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