English language acquisition and educational attainment at the end of secondary school

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-231

  Demie, Feysa ^a,c   Strand, Steve ^b  

^a Lambeth Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Statistics Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainment; Bilingual education and the GCSE; English as an Additional Language (EAL); English language acquisition; Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744914578     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690600631119     Document Type: Article

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