Developing the spoken language skills of reception class children in two multicultural, inner-city primary schools

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 657-672

  Riley, Jeni ^a,b   Burrell, Andrew ^a   McCallum, Bet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5644246646     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192042000234638     Document Type: Article

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