"When I wake up I dream of electricity": The lives, aspirations and 'needs' of Adult ESOL learners

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-73

  Cooke, Melanie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult ESOL learners; Agency; Aspirations; Investment; Motivations; Structural and institutional constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750719150     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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