Beyond functional literacy: A new curriculum in Singapore schools

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-220

  Cheah, Yin Mee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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