Growth in toddlers’ Spanish, English, and conceptual vocabulary knowledge

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-567

  Mancilla Martinez, Jeannette ^a   Vagh, Shaher Banu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Assessment Survey Evaluation Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; English language learners; Individual growth modeling; Vocabulary development

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84988896871     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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