Speeding up second language vocabulary acquisition of minority children

Language and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-173

  Appel, René ^a   Vermeer, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84937184864     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500789808666746     Document Type: Article

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