Off to a good start? Vocabulary development and differences in early family and classroom experiences of children from native-dutch and immigrant families in the Netherlands

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 70-82

  Mayo, Aziza Y ^a   Leseman, Paul P M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 84963920053     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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