‘Oh gawd, how am i going to fit into this?': Producing [mature] first-year student identity

Language and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 474-487

  Johnson, Greer Cavallaro ^a   Watson, Glenice ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; IDENTITY; INTERVIEWS; MATURE AGE STUDENTS; Student retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008865179     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780408666896     Document Type: Article

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