Trainee teachers’ grammatical knowledge: The tension between public expectation and individual competence

Language Awareness

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-177

  Cajkler, Wasyl ^a   Hislam, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009544208     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410208667054     Document Type: Article

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