School to university: An investigation into the experience of first-year students of English at British universities

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-93

  Smith, Keverne ^a  

^a Faculty of Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; English; Higher education; Preparedness; Quality education; Teaching methods; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644432083     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147402204039646     Document Type: Article

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