Positioning (in) the discipline: Undergraduate students' negotiations of disciplinary discourses

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 587-596

  Kapp, Rochelle ^a   Bangeni, Bongi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discourses; Identity; Language; Literacy; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449103083     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510903314988     Document Type: Article

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