Challenges facing primary school educators of english second (or other) language learners in the western cape

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-269

  O'Connor, Julie ^a   Geiger, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Educator experiences; Educator needs; Esol learners; Speech language therapy; Speech language therapists in educational settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049486736     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v29n2a167     Document Type: Article

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