Developing Literacy in English-language Learners: An Examination of the Impact of English-only Versus Bilingual Instruction

Childhood Bilingualism: Research on Infancy through School Age

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 91-106

  August, Diane ^a   Calderón, Margarita ^b   Carlo, María ^c   Nuttall, Michelle ^d  

^a CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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