Learning in an additional language in a multilingual society: A South African case study on university-level writing

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 661-681

  Leibowitz, Brenda ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 33645390603     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3588526     Document Type: Article

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