Sisters and brothers as language and literacy teachers: Synergy between siblings playing and working together

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-322

  Gregory, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

home; literacy; multilingualism; school; siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790898     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14687984010013004     Document Type: Article

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