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2018
Volume 99, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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Abstract

English and Spanish dominate libraries, but 25 percent of US English language learners don’t speak Spanish. How can educators find quality texts for them?

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