The policy-practice nexus in english classrooms in Delhi, Johannesburg, and London: Teachers and the textual cycle

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 465-487

  Bhattacharya, Rimli ^a   Gupta, Snehlata ^b   Jewitt, Carey ^c   Newfield, Denise ^d   Reed, Yvonne ^d   Stein, Pippa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 35448950888     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2007.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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