Teaching geography through a foreign language: How to make text accessible to learners at different levels

Language Learning Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-11

  Montet, Margot ^a   Morgan, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010107060     PISSN: 09571736     EISSN: 17532167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09571730185200151     Document Type: Article

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