‘I’ve never done a dissertation before please help me’: Accommodating l2 students through course design

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 847-859

  Salter Dvorak, Hania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Apprenticeship; Course design; Identities; L2 students; Literacy events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904221313     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2014.934344     Document Type: Article

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