'How one learns to discourse': Writing and abstraction in the work of james moffett and james britton

Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-274

  Burgessa, Tony ^a   Ellisb, Viv ^b   Robertsc, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Didcot Girls' School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; James moffett; Subject english; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960168727     PISSN: 1358684X     EISSN: 14693585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1358684X.2010.505443     Document Type: Article

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