Mobilising and modalising poetry in A Soweto classroom

English Studies in Africa

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-93

  Newfield, Denise ^a   Maungedzo, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Lamula Jubilee High School   (South Africa)

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EID: 70450105111     PISSN: 00138398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00138390608691344     Document Type: Article

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