Towards a new multilingual language policy in education in South Africa: Different approaches to meet different needs

Educational Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-139

  Martin, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039974252     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013191970490204     Document Type: Article

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