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Original Articles

Beliefs about bilingualism, bilingual education, and dual language development of early childhood preservice teachers raised in a Prop 227 environment

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Pages 179-196 | Received 04 Aug 2015, Accepted 21 Jan 2016, Published online: 07 Mar 2016

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