Multilingual classrooms, standards and quality: Three children and a lot of bouncing balls

Language and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Conteh, Jean ^a  

^a BRADFORD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937326905     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780008666776     Document Type: Article

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