Playing football without a ball: Language, reading and academic performance in a high-poverty school

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-58

  Pretorius, Elizabeth J ^a   Mampuru, Deborah Maphoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

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EID: 33846595689     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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