REVIEW OF ABC MOUSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION
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digital platform, curricular content, bilingual educationAbstract
This article presents a review of the ABCmouse.com designed by Age of Learning, Inc. The review looks at two main aspects of the digital program: first, it gives a description of this platform and second, it gives suggestions for its use in bilingual education programs especially in Spain and Latin America. The revisions concludes that there is a significant number of reasons to support its use in that context as well as for general learning of curricular contents.
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