Using activity theory to explain differences in patterns of dyadic interactions in an ESL class

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-480

  Storch, Neomy ^a  

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EID: 26044449432     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.60.4.457     Document Type: Review

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