Tracking movement toward academic language in multilingual classrooms

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-71

  Achugar, Mariana ^a   Carpenter, Brian D ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disciplinary literacy; English for academic purposes; Functional grammar; History; Multilingual classrooms; Secondary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892845106     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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