Agency in the making: Adult immigrants' accounts of language learning and work

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-487

  Miller, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 78049263983     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5054/tq.2010.226854     Document Type: Article

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