What's inside the box? Children's early encounters with literacy in South African classrooms

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-84

  Prinsloo, Mastin ^a,b   Stein, Pippa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Ctr Appl Lang/LS South Africa   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 4043136631     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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