Bilingualism and second language learning: Seven tensions that define the research

Handbook of Educational Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 603-621

  Hakuta, Kenji ^a   McLaughlin, Barry ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203053874-26     Document Type: Chapter

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