Building and destroying students' 'academic identities': The power of discourse in a two-way immersion classroom

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-667

  Palmer, Deborah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 57049100942     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390701470537     Document Type: Article

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