Literacy is child's play: Making sense in khwezi park

Language and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-304

  Prinsloo, Mastin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CHILDREN; GLOBAL; LITERACY; MULTI MODAL; MULTILINGUAL; PLAY

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250881103     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780408666882     Document Type: Article

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