Career choices: Linguistic and educational socialization of Sudanese-background high-school students in Australia

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-30

  Hatoss, Anikó ^a   O'Neill, Shirley ^b   Eacersall, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Diversity; Linguistic and educational socialization; Literacy; Migrant education; Refugees; Sudanese in Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255129181     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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