Negotiating what counts as english language teaching: Official curriculum and its enactment in two singaporean secondary classrooms

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-107

  Kramer Dahl, Anneliese ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

English language; Literacy; Restructuring curriculum; Secondary school; Teacher agency; Text type

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006957862     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701694417     Document Type: Article

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