Bi-literate bilingualism versus mono-literate bilingualism a longitudinal study of reading acquisition in hebrew (l2) among russian-speaking (l1) children

Written Language and Literacy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-130

  Shwartz, Mila ^a   Leikin, Mark ^a   Share, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84989392633     PISSN: 13876732     EISSN: 15706001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/wll.8.2.08shw     Document Type: Article

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