Curriculum decision-making in a multilingual context

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-64

  Olshtain, Elite ^a   Nissim Amitai, Frieda ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjusted curriculum; Discourse worlds; Multilingual context; Natural multilingualism; OTHERNESS; Plurilingual classroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248707232     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790710408668178     Document Type: Article

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