Jokers in the pack: Why boys are more adept than girls at speaking in public settings

Language and Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-96

  Baxter, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937376664     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780208666821     Document Type: Article

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