Two-Way Immersion for the Next Generation: Models, Policies, and Principles

International Multilingual Research Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-16

  de Jong, Ester J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual language education; language distribution; language policy; translanguaging; two way immersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955324047     PISSN: 19313152     EISSN: 19313160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2016.1118667     Document Type: Article

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