Going public: Teaching students to speak out in public contexts

English in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Baxter, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gcse englisheds; Oracy; Peruasive and expository speech; Public contexts; dominant and effective speakers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745385126     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2000.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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