Operationalising academic language proficiency in Bilingualism research

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-50

  Gibbons, John ^a   Lascar, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 1142271732     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434639808666341     Document Type: Article

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