Writing to mean in middle school: Understanding how second language writers negotiate textually-rich content-area instruction

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-160

  Bunch, George C ^a   Willett, Kara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

English learners; Genre; Intertextuality; Multilingual writers; Second language writing; Systemic functional linguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879100162     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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