What’s in a ZPD? A case study of a young ESL student and teacher interacting through dialogue journals

Language Teaching Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-121

  Nassaji, Hossein ^a   Cumming, Alister ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84937322739     PISSN: 13621688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136216880000400202     Document Type: Article

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