Effects of transitional bilingual education on Spanish-speaking preschoolers' literacy and language development: Year 2 results

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 921-951

  Durán, Lillian ^a   Roseth, Cary J ^b   Hoffman, Patricia ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84930743566     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716413000568     Document Type: Article

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